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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.

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.

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.

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.

31. March 2022, Press release of the International Design Center Berlin e.V. (IDZ)

otl aicher 100: Online platform and event series

The International Design Center Berlin (IDZ) is taking Otl Aicher’s centenary as an opportunity to pay tribute to this great designer and to make his work visible. An online platform and a series of events will address Otl Aicher’s multifaceted cosmos of topics and...

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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May 13, 2022

there is no computer that calls for freedom

Artificial intelligence and ethics – following on from Otl Aicher’s essay “kulturen des denkens” (cultures of thinking)

Akademie der Künste | | 7 to 9 p.m. (admission from 6:30 p.m.)

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August 26, 2022

we have bread, we have games

Olympia as Politics, Olympia as Utopia, Olympia as Big Business – on the 50th Anniversary of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics

| | 7 p.m.

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October 20, 2022

there is nothing here that gives shade

Four men and two motorcycles in the desert: Prof. Michael Klar and Karsten de Riese report in pictures and words on a desert trip with Otl Aicher and his son Florian, commissioned by BMW.

| | 7 to 9 p.m. (Admission from 6:30 p.m.)

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