Otl Aicher (born 1922 in
Ulm, died 1991) was one of the most influential
graphic designers in
Germany. After
World War II he founded (together with
Max Bill and
Inge Aicher-Scholl) the School of Design in
Ulm (
HfG Ulm), whose philosophy of
effective design clearly continued the traditions of the
Bauhaus.
Aicher is know for his modern, sober designs like those of German
Lufthansa,
Braun and
ZDF, or the
Rotis type. His maybe most important work, though, was the visual identity of
Munich's
Olympic Games in 1972 (including the
pictograms).