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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).
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]
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).
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.
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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)
Roericht studied at the Ulm School of Design from 1955 to 1959. [2] He continued at the Ulm School of Design collaborating first with Georg Leowald in 1960, and then Otl Aicher since 1961 - also being a part of Aicher's design team of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. From 1966 to 1967, Roericht taught as a professor at the Ohio State ...