WOLFGANG SIOL/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
Today’s show: “The Ulm Model” is on view at Raven Row in London through Sunday, December 18. The exhibition looks at the pioneering interdisciplinary Ulm School of Design in Southern Germany, which operated from 1953 to 1968. Its clients included Lufthansa and Braun.
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Plastic shell suitcases, Designers: Dieter Raffler, student, with Peter Raacke, instructor, Manufacturer: Hanning, 1965–66, product design
MARCUS J. LEITH/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
Visual identity for Lufthansa, Designers: Otl Aicher, instructor, Visual Communication; with Hans Roericht, former student HfG Ulm; students Tomás Gonda and Fritz Querngässer; and in association with Hans Conrad, former student HfG Ulm working for Lufthansa; Development Group E 5, led by Otl Aicher, Manufacturer: Lufthansa, 1962-63.
MARCUS J. LEITH/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
On-board tableware, setting and trays, and prototypes, Designer: Hans Roericht, Development Group E 5, led by Otl Aicher, Manufacturer: Lufthansa, 1962-63.
MARCUS J. LEITH/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
Installation view of "The Ulm Model," 2016, showing, from left, Espresso maker (1956–57) and Coffee grinder (1960–61), at Raven Row, London.
MARCUS J. LEITH/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
Archival photograph of TC 100. Stacking catering service, Manufacturer: Rosenthal AG, Student: Hans (Nick) Roericht, 1959, product design, diploma work.
WOLFGANG SIOL/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
Archival photograph of an advertisement for Erbotherm, 1962, heat therapy unit, Designers: Tomás Maldonado, with Gui Bonsiepe and Rudolf Scharfenberg, Manufacturer: Erbe Elektromedizin.
WOLFGANG SIOL/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
D 55, flexible exhibition system, Designers: Otl Aicher, instructor, Visual
Communication, assisted by student Hans Conrad, Manufacturer: Braun, 1955.
MARCUS J. LEITH/COURTESY BRAUN P&G/BRAUN COLLECTION, KRONBERG
TP 2, portable transistor radio and phonograph, Designer: Dieter Rams, Designer at Braun and HfG Ulm, Manufacturer: Braun, 1959.
MARCUS J. LEITH/COURTESY BRAUN P&G/BRAUN COLLECTION, KRONBERG
SK 4 Phonosuper, combined audio system, Designers: Hans Gugelot, instructor, Product Design; Otl Aicher, instructor, Visual Communication; Wilhelm Wagenfeld; and Dieter Rams, designer at Braun; Manufacturer: Braun, 1956.
MARCUS J. LEITH/COURTESY BRAUN P&G/BRAUN COLLECTION, KRONBERG
Archival image of Precision balance, Student: Gerda Müller-Krauspe, Instructors: Hans Gugelot, Walter Zeischegg, and Georg Leowald, 1959-60, product design.
WOLFGANG SIOL/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
Archival photograph of Space units for residential buildings, Students: Bernd Meurer and Willi Ramstein, Instructor: Herbert Ohl, 1961, industrialized building.
ROLAND FÜRST/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM
Installation view of "The Ulm Model," 2016, at Raven Row, London.
MARCUS J. LEITH/COURTESY HFG-ARCHIV AND ULMER MUSEUM