Othmar Motter
Othmar Motter (born November 3, 1927 in Hard ; † December 17, 2010 there ) was an Austrian graphic artist.
Live and act
In 1952, Othmar Motter founded the graphics studio Vorarlberger Graphik in Vorarlberg together with Hans Kaiser and Sylvester Licka . Like the two of them, he had previously attended the Federal Higher Education and Research Institute for Graphics in Vienna.
As a commercial graphic artist, he created numerous company logos, such as that of the Austrian lottery and toto society, as well as the logos of well-known Vorarlberg companies such as Pfanner Fruchtsaft , Vorarlberger Kraftwerke etc. a. He was also responsible for the Motter Tektura font used by numerous international companies such as Apple and Reebok . But other fonts as well as numerous logos from well-known companies have been developed by him over the decades.
Awards
- Prize for science and art of the state of Vorarlberg
literature
- Elias Riedmann: Othmar Motter - Master of the Extrabold. A foray through the archive of "Vorarlberger Graphics" . Triest Verlag, Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-03863-033-3
Web links
- Klingspor Museum Offenbach - Othmar Motter (PDF file; 123 kB)
- Austrian graphics pioneer Motter died on ORF
- Moth fonts
- Moth fonts
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice , accessed December 19, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Motter, Othmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian commercial artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hard , Vorarlberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 2010 |
| Place of death | Hard , Vorarlberg |