Otto "Otl" Aicher was a German graphic designer and typographer.
20 Facts About Otl Aicher
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Otl Aicher 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.
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Otl Aicher was born in Ulm, in the south-western state of Baden-Wurttemberg, on 13 May 1922.
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Otl Aicher was a classmate and friend of Werner Scholl, and through him met Werner's family, including his siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl.
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Otl Aicher was arrested in 1937 for refusing to join the Hitler Youth, and consequently he was failed on his abitur examination in 1941.
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Otl Aicher was drafted into the German army to fight in World War II, though he tried to leave at various times.
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In 1946, after the end of the war, Otl Aicher began studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.
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Otl Aicher was heavily involved in corporate branding and is considered one of the pioneers of Corporate design.
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In 1966 Otl Aicher was asked by the organisers of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich to become the Olympic Games' lead designer.
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Otl Aicher was asked to create a design for the Olympics that complemented the architecture of the newly built stadium in Munich designed by Gunther Behnisch.
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Otl Aicher consulted with Masaru Katsumie, who had designed the previous 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Otl Aicher created pictograms using a series of grid systems and a specific bright colour palette that he chose for these Games.
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Otl Aicher helped to design the logo of the Munich Olympics.
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Otl Aicher went through several stages with his design team before finally finding the successful emblem.
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Otl Aicher created the first official Olympic Mascot, a striped dachshund named Waldi.
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In 1980 Otl Aicher became a consultant of the kitchen manufacturer Bulthaup.
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Otl Aicher created the Rotis font family in 1988, naming it after the location of his domicile and design studio near the rural town of Leutkirch im Allgau.
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Otl Aicher designed logos for the University of Konstanz and the Munich Airport among others.
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Otl Aicher died in Gunzburg on 1 September 1991, after he was struck by a motorbike while mowing the grass at Rotis.
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Otl Aicher wrote many books on design and other subjects, including:.