What’s become of Otl Aicher’s former abode? A visit to the Allgäu.
Gerrit Terstiege
Rotis: light and shade
What’s become of Otl Aicher’s former abode? A visit to the Allgäu
What’s become of Otl Aicher’s former abode? A visit to the Allgäu.
Gerrit Terstiege
“You don’t have to interpolate goulash and spaghetti”
Interviewed: Erik Spiekermann, type designer, author and Aicher critic
Interviewed: Erik Spiekermann, type designer, author and Aicher critic.
Daniel Damler
Aesthetic of the devil
Technology: a central notion and fixed point of perspective in the work of Otl Aicher
Technology: a central notion and fixed point of perspective in the work of Otl Aicher.
Jasmin Jouhar
“I was immediately drawn to him”
The British architect Norman Foster on his friendship with Otl Aicher: He had absolute integrity
The British architect Norman Foster on his friendship with Otl Aicher: He had absolute integrity.
Dagmar Rinker
Butterflies, nasturtiums, roses and chromatic greys
Thoughts on the colour palettes of Otl Aicher
Thoughts on the colour palettes of Otl Aicher.
Linus Rapp
A graphic view of things
Absolute sharpness, reduction and strict rules determine the character of his pictures: Otl Aicher as photographer
Absolute sharpness, reduction and strict rules determine the character of his pictures: Otl Aicher as photographer.
Elisabeth Spieker
Show, don’t explain
Under Otl Aicher’s direction, designers, architects and landscape planners shaped the face of the Olympic Games 1972
Under Otl Aicher’s direction, designers, architects and landscape planners shaped the face of the Olympic Games 1972.
Karl R. Kegler
Mit System: Aichers Architektur-Entwürfe EN
Zeit seines Lebens hat der berühmte Grafiker Gebäude konstruiert – realisiert wurden freilich nur wenige.
Dagmar Engels
Educator, author, activist
Inge Aicher-Scholl preserved the legacy of the White Rose
Inge Aicher-Scholl preserved the legacy of the White Rose.
Gerrit Terstiege
“It had to be Rotis”
An interview with design icon Stefan Sagmeister about typefaces, beauty and the legacy of Otl Aicher
An interview with design icon Stefan Sagmeister about typefaces, beauty and the legacy of Otl Aicher.
Dagmar Rinker
The City in Black and White
Isny im Allgäu owes Otl Aicher a corporate design that is concise, bold and singular
Isny im Allgäu owes Otl Aicher a corporate design that is concise, bold and singular.
Gui Bonsiepe
They laid the foundations
Reflections on Inge Aicher-Scholl and Otl Aicher
Reflections on Inge Aicher-Scholl and Otl Aicher.
Mark Holt
The Rainbow Games
A city glows: Otl Aicher sent a signal with his colourful visual design for the XX Summer Olympic Games 1972 in Munich. The young Federal Republic of Germany had entered modern times.
Eine Stadt leuchtet: Mit seinem farbenfrohen Erscheinungsbild der XX. Olympischen Sommerspiele 1972 setzte Otl Aicher ein Signal. Die junge Bundesrepublik war in der Moderne angekommen.
Jens Müller
Zeitenwende im On-Air-Design
Mit seinem Erscheinungsbild für das Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen (ZDF) wollte Otl Aicher „das typografische bild der bildröhre präzisieren“.
Martin Krampen
Not to be overlooked, highly original
Otl Aicher's Poster displays for the Ulmer Volkshochschule (Ulm Adult Education Centre)
Otl Aicher’s Poster displays for the Ulmer Volkshochschule (Ulm Adult Education Centre).
Andreas Schwarz
Nine letters, vertical
From O to R: Let's talk about a hedgehog, standardisation and neurotis for a change (please click on the letters)
From O to R: Let’s talk about a hedgehog, standardisation and neurotis for a change (please click on the letters).
Mark Holt
Design as a team sport
Otl Aicher’s Dept. XI team: the visual identity of the Munich ’72 Olympics was the work of graphic designers, illustrators and technical staff from all over the world
Otl Aicher’s Dept. XI team: the visual identity of the Munich ’72 Olympics was the work of graphic designers, illustrators and technical staff from all over the world.
Robert Zoske
Full of feeling against people ruled by their feelings
Aicher’s childhood and youth: the years 1922 to 1945
Aicher’s childhood and youth: the years 1922 to 1945.
Claus Michael Semmler
Finding ways out of uniformity
Otl Aicher’s signage systems for airports, metro stations and hospitals are considered exemplary to this day
Otl Aicher’s signage systems for airports, metro stations and hospitals are considered exemplary to this day.
Fritz Frenkler trifft Dieter Rams
„Anfangs war ich für Aicher Luft“ EN
Der einstige Braun-Chef-Designer im Gespräch über den Co-Gründer der Ulmer HfG
Der einstige Braun-Chef-Designer im Gespräch über den Co-Gründer der HfG.
Fabian Wurm
Otl Aicher – still of relevance today?
A Broadcast: What is his place in today's world?
A Broadcast: What is his place in today’s world?
Manuel Aicher
People who dared to try something new
The Aichers: a brief family history
The Aichers: a brief family history.
Florian Aicher
“A tough time, a good time”
Drawing in Rotis: former Aicher co-worker Reinfriede Bettrich talks about hand sketches, the first computers and everyday life at the office
Drawing in Rotis: former Aicher co-worker Reinfriede Bettrich talks about hand sketches, the first computers and everyday life at the office.
Christiane Wachsmann
A wealth of material
How Otl Aicher’s papers and materials came to the HfG-Archiv/Museum Ulm
How Otl Aicher’s papers and materials came to the HfG-Archiv/Museum Ulm.
Gerrit Terstiege
Aicher’s recipes for Bulthaup
Die Küche zum Kochen (The Kitchen for Cooking) – the genesis of a book that has lost none of its relevance
Die Küche zum Kochen (The Kitchen for Cooking) – the genesis of a book that has lost none of its relevance.
Gerrit Terstiege
“Everything about the plush Waldi was wrong”
How a dachshund conquered the world: former Aicher staff member Elena Schwaiger on plush animals, fakes and the authentic mascot of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich
How a dachshund conquered the world: former Aicher staff member Elena Schwaiger on plush animals, fakes and the authentic mascot of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Chup Friemert
Writing as Longing and Passion
Le Violon d'Ingres or An Attempt to Defend the Writings of Otl Aicher
Le Violon d’Ingres or An Attempt to Defend the Writings of Otl Aicher.
Andreas Schwarting
Construction: A kind of three-dimensional typography?
Otl Aicher as the architect of Rotis
Otl Aicher as the architect of Rotis.
Florian Aicher
The form strikes a pose
Otl Aicher and his critique of the automobile
Otl Aicher and his critique of the automobile.
First broadcast: 15.02.1971 on Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (Only available in German)
Television documentary: Olympia cultural (1971)
First broadcast: 15.02.1971 on Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (Only available in German).
Gerrit Terstiege
“A totally crazy story”
Interviewed: Jürgen Werner Braun on his collaboration with Otl Aicher
Interviewed: Jürgen Werner Braun on his collaboration with Otl Aicher.
Carsten Wolff
Alpha wolves
They created the signature of an epoch: designers Otl Aicher, Willy Fleckhaus, Anton Stankowski and Kurt Weidemann
They created the signature of an epoch: designers Otl Aicher, Willy Fleckhaus, Anton Stankowski and Kurt Weidemann.