Aicher, Otl

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Aicher, Otl
Date of birth
1922-05-13
Date of death
1991-09-01
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 9869092
Wikidata: Q61191
Library of congress: n 82248195
OCoLC: oca00891281
Sources of Information
  • Freundschaft und Begegnung, Erinnerungen an Otl Aicher, 1997:p. 1, etc. (German designer; typeface designer; prof. of architecture and design at Hochschule für Gestaltung, Ulm, Germany; d. 1991)
  • His Die Küche zum Kochen, 1983, c1982:t.p. (Otl Aicher)
  • LC data base, 2-1-84(hdg.: Aicher, Otl)
  • His Innenseiten des Kriegs, c1985:t.p. (Otl Aicher) jkt. (b. 1922 in Ulm)
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Wikipedia description:

Otto "Otl" Aicher (German: [ˈɔtl̩ ˈʔaɪçɐ]; 13 May 1922 – 1 September 1991) was a German graphic designer and typographer. Aicher co-founded and taught at the influential Ulm School of Design. He is known for having led the design team of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and for overseeing the creation of its prominently used system of pictograms. Aicher also developed the Rotis typeface.

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