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Otl Aicher

1922 - 1991

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otl Aicher is the 46th most popular designer (down from 45th in 2019), the 2,868th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,645th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Otl Aicher ranks 46 out of 104. Before him are Giambattista Bodoni, Mariano Fortuny, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Alexander McQueen, Margarete Steiff, and Luigi Colani. After him are Eiko Ishioka, Betsy Ross, Adrian Frutiger, John Baskerville, Domenico Dolce, and Milton Glaser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Otl Aicher ranks 180. Before him are Jack Klugman, Bogdan Bogdanović, Patrick Magee, Władysław Bartoszewski, Bigode, and Raymond Franz. After him are Carlo Lizzani, Egon Bahr, Dilip Kumar, Shovkat Alakbarova, Virgilio Noè, and Georges Cottier. Among people deceased in 1991, Otl Aicher ranks 100. Before him are Mikheil Meskhi, Gino Colaussi, Richard Thorpe, Carmine Coppola, Artur Lundkvist, and Giacomo Manzù. After him are Zino Francescatti, Franco Maria Malfatti, Mario Scelba, Jack Crawford, Heidi Brühl, and Rufino Tamayo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otl Aicher ranks 2,870 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884), Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875), İlkay Gündoğan (1990), Karin Balzer (1938), Willi Graf (1918), and Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735). After him are Carl Hilpert (1888), Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), Robert Volkmann (1815), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1502), and Christoph Amberger (1505).

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Among DESIGNERS In Germany

Among designers born in Germany, Otl Aicher ranks 8. Before him are Michael Thonet (1796), Georg Elser (1903), Dieter Rams (1932), Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Margarete Steiff (1847), and Luigi Colani (1928). After him are Anton Koberger (1440), Erik Spiekermann (1947), and Philipp Plein (1978).

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