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The Ulm School of Design (German: Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm) was a college of design based in Ulm, Germany. It was founded in 1953 by Inge Aicher-Scholl , Otl Aicher and Max Bill , the latter being first rector of the school and a former student at the Bauhaus .
Founded around 850, Ulm is rich in history and traditions as a former free imperial city. Ulm is an economic centre due to its varied industries, and is the seat of the University of Ulm (Universität Ulm), and of the Ulm University of Applied Sciences (Technische Hochschule Ulm , THU).
The Political History of the Ulm School of Design. Axel Menges Publishers, Stuttgart/London 2002, ISBN 3-932565-17-7. René Spitz: Ulm According to Conrad. Published in: Magazine form (Basel), No. 239/2011, pages 38–45. René Spitz: HfG Ulm: Concise History of the Ulm School of Design/Kurze Geschichte der Hochschule für Gestaltung.
Aicher was born in Ulm, in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg, on 13 May 1922.Aicher was a classmate and friend of Werner Scholl, and through him met Werner's family, including his siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl (both of whom would be executed in 1943 for their membership in the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany).
From the mid-1950s, the Braun brand was closely linked with the concept of German modern industrial design and its combination of functionality and technology. [19] In 1956, Braun created its first design department, headed by Fritz Eichler , who instituted a collaboration with the Ulm School of Design to develop a new product line. [20]
Ulm Model Tomás Maldonado (25 April 1922 – 26 November 2018) was an Argentine painter, designer and thinker, considered one of the main theorists of design theory of the legendary Ulm Model, a design philosophy developed during his tenure (1954–1967) at the Ulm School of Design (Hochschule für Gestaltung – HfG) in Germany.
In 1944, Bill became a professor at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich.In 1953, alongside Inge Aicher-Scholl and Otl Aicher, he founded the Ulm School of Design (German: Hochschule für Gestaltung – HfG Ulm) in Ulm, Germany, a design school initially created in the tradition of the Bauhaus and which later developed a new design education approach integrating art and science.
Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG, lit. "college for design") denotes certain design or art schools in Germany, and may refer to: Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm (Ulm School of Design), founded in 1953 and closed in 1968; Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee; Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main (since 1970)