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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otl Aicher has received more than 224,582 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Otl Aicher is the 51st most popular designer (down from 48th in 2019), the 2,788th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,315th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Designer.

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  • 20

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  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Otl Aicher ranks 51 out of 86Before him are Syd Mead, Diana Vreeland, Luigi Colani, Georg Jensen, Eiko Ishioka, and Laura Biagiotti. After him are John Baskerville, Milton Glaser, Enzo Mari, Paul Smith, Paul Rand, and Kaj Franck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Otl Aicher ranks 177Before him are Artemio Franchi, Günter Behnisch, John Christopher, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Gilberto Agustoni, and Alan Perlis. After him are Egon Bahr, William Baumol, Hal Clement, Joan Copeland, Michael Ansara, and Georges Cottier. Among people deceased in 1991, Otl Aicher ranks 95Before him are Kevin Peter Hall, Rufino Tamayo, Giacomo Manzù, Shintaro Abe, Heidi Brühl, and Yasushi Inoue. After him are Metin Oktay, Mikheil Meskhi, Antoine Berman, Helmut Walcha, Schubert Gambetta, and Zino Francescatti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otl Aicher ranks 2,788 out of 6,142Before him are Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (1447), Adolf Kussmaul (1822), Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg (1486), and Anton Flettner (1885). After him are Otto Schott (1851), Heinrich Rubens (1865), Walter Andreas Schwarz (1913), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Albert of Aix (1060), and Fritz Busch (1890).

Among DESIGNERS In Germany

Among designers born in Germany, Otl Aicher ranks 6Before him are Michael Thonet (1796), Georg Elser (1903), Hugo Boss (1885), Dieter Rams (1932), and Luigi Colani (1928). After him are Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914) and Philipp Plein (1978).