Movement
Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm
Explore in the Atlas →Postwar design school (1953–1968) founded by Inge Aicher-Scholl, Otl Aicher and Max Bill as a 'new Bauhaus'; under Maldonado after 1957 it radicalised design pedagogy through cybernetics, semiotics and operations research; closed by Baden-Württemberg in 1968.
Pedagogy Knowledge Production
Details
- Origin
- Ulm, West Germany
Connections
- extends Bauhaus
- reacted against The Beaux-Arts method
Referenced by
- Max Bill associated with
- Tomás Maldonado associated with
- Otl Aicher associated with
- Inge Aicher-Scholl associated with
- HfG Ulm building, Oberer Kuhberg exemplifies
- Max Bill founded
- Inge Aicher-Scholl founded
- Otl Aicher founded
Sources
- HfG-Archiv Ulm. History. 2024. https://hfg-archiv.museumulm.de/en/the-hfg-archive/history/.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/hfg-ulm/. Accessed July 17, 2026.