As ever he is concerned with the question of the conditions needed to produce a civilized culture. Otl aicher many of his design programmes are still in use even if they where created 50, 40 or 30 years ago. Pictograms designed by aicher, in use at the athens airport. It may be available from zvab or other secondhand book portals.
By eva moser, graphic design by weidner handle atelier, berthold. In moving through the history of thought and design, building and construction he assures the possibilities of arranging existence in a humane fashion. With stops at the ulm school and aichers former studio in rotis, this book. This book incorporates important archival material and illuminates aichers intellectually important design philosophies. His works since the fifties of the last century in the field of corporate design and his pictograms for the 1972 summer olympics in munich are major achievements in the. German designer and educator otl aicher was a pioneer of 20th century graphic design, renowned for creating visual identities for numerous corporations and his work on symbol systems. Otl aicher also helped to design the logo of the munich olympics. There have been a number of books on designer otl aicher but to date none. Otl aicher s writings are explorations of that world. Monika schnell is a german designer who worked under otl aicher in the 1980s. In moving through the history of thought and design, building and construction, he assures us of the possibilities of arranging existence in a humane fashion. He went through several stages with his design team before finally finding the successful emblem.
One of their first ideas was to use an element of the citys coat of arms or munchner kindl within the design which showed a monk or child pointing into the distance while clasping a book in his hand. Otl aicher 19221991 was an outstanding personality in modern design, he was a cofounder of the legendary hochschule fur gestaltung hfg, the ulm school of design, germany. Following 3 years of research, the first indepth book on the 72. Analogous and digital by otl aicher 20150427 jan 1, 1819. Otto otl aicher may 1922 1 september 1991 was a german graphic designer and. Analogous and digital kindle edition by aicher, otl. As ever he is concerned with the question of the conditions needed to produce a civilization culture.