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Otl Aicher : design. type. thinking

Title
Otl Aicher : design. type. thinking / edited by Winfried Nerdinger and Wilhelm Vossenkuhl ; in collaboration with Fritz Frenkler, Hannes Gumpp, Hans Hermann Wetcke and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ; translation (German to English): Gerard A. Goodrow (Hoffmann, Sattler, Rinker, Haaf and Gumpp) and [3 others].
Author
Aicher, Otl
Publication
  • Munich : Prestel, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Nerdinger, Winfried
  • Vossenkuhl, Wilhelm, 1945-
  • Frenkler, Fritz, 1954-
  • Gumpp, Hannes
  • Wetcke, Hans Hermann
  • Goodrow, Gérard A.
  • Technische Universität München, contributor.
Description
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm
Summary
"Otl Aicher is most famously known for the pictographs he designed for the 1972 summer Olympic Games in Munich. Fifty years later, his system of iconography has become a universal language, directing people to bathrooms, through subways, around airports and hospitals. But Aicher's achievements extended far beyond the world of graphic design. Filled with illustrations, photographs, documents and archival material, and enhanced by thoughtful and personal essays from leading critics, designers, and friends, this survey takes a disciplinary approach to explore Aicher's role as one of the founding figures of visual communication. We learn about Aicher's work developing corporate brands; how he created the Rotis typeface, then built architecture incorporating the font; how he collaborated with artists and architects such as Josef Albers, Alexander Kluge, and Norman Foster; and how his founding of the Ulm School of Design reflected his passion for teaching, and for an open, free, and democratic society. Aicher's achievements are evident in nearly every public space on the globe and this definitive and timely reference work rightfully places Aicher among the pioneering geniuses of the past century."--Amazon.com.
Subject
  • Aicher, Otl
  • Design > History
  • Visual communication > History
  • Graphic arts > History
  • Design
  • Graphic arts
  • Visual communication
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index.
Language (note)
  • In English, translated from German
Contents
Thinker -- Teacher -- Designer -- 1972 Olympics -- Architect. Photographer. Typographer. -- Recollections.
Call Number
JQF 22-1756
ISBN
  • 9783791379449
  • 3791379445
LCCN
9783791379449
OCLC
1329218594
Author
Aicher, Otl, author.
Title
Otl Aicher : design. type. thinking / edited by Winfried Nerdinger and Wilhelm Vossenkuhl ; in collaboration with Fritz Frenkler, Hannes Gumpp, Hans Hermann Wetcke and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ; translation (German to English): Gerard A. Goodrow (Hoffmann, Sattler, Rinker, Haaf and Gumpp) and [3 others].
Publisher
Munich : Prestel, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index.
Language
In English, translated from German
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Added Author
Nerdinger, Winfried, editor.
Vossenkuhl, Wilhelm, 1945- editor.
Frenkler, Fritz, 1954- contributor.
Gumpp, Hannes, contributor.
Wetcke, Hans Hermann, contributor.
Goodrow, Gérard A., translator.
Technische Universität München, contributor.
Other Form:
9783791379432 German edition
Other Standard Identifier
9783791379449
Research Call Number
JQF 22-1756
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