A5/06 HFG ULMThe Ulm School of Design (HfG Ulm) ranks among the world's most
important institutions of the 20th century in modernist design. Its
founders Inge Aicher-Scholl, Otl Aicher and Max Bill wanted to
contribute to the shaping of a new and better world after the terrible
experiences of the Nazi regime and the Second World War. The meaning of
design today cannot be understood without considering the developments
at HfG. That applies not only to the design of appliances and
communications, but also to the profession of designer, design
education, methodology and design theory--ranging from the relationship
between design and science up to the question of what relationship
design should adopt with art and crafts, or business and society. This
massive impact of the HfG is all the more astounding, considering that
it existed for only 15 years, from 1953 to 1968. This book provides a
contextual and broadly illustrated history of the HfG Ulm. |
