Heiner Jacob

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Heiner Jacob (* 1943 ; † January 21, 2013 in Cologne ) was a German designer who taught as a professor for corporate identity and corporate communication at the Cologne International School of Design (KISD) .

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Heiner Jacob studied Visual Communication at the College of Design in Ulm and urban planning at Rutgers University in New Jersey . In the summer semester of 1991 he was appointed to the design department of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences , today's Cologne International School of Design, and worked there until his retirement in 2010. He was one of the first professors in this department, which he played a decisive role in shaping.

He worked for Otl Aicher for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and worked for many years as a designer in London and as a lecturer in Cholula in Puebla , Mexico . After that he practiced and taught in roughly equal shares: he managed corporate identity projects at Wolff Olins in London and Sedley Place Design in Berlin and taught communication design at universities in Great Britain, Canada and Germany.

On a research trip, he visited leading design training centers in Europe and the USA. In his free time he was enthusiastic about pre-Columbian architecture as well as jazz.

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  1. ↑ a b KISD: Former professors. ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kisd.de
  2. ↑ Jenz Großhans: Funeral service Prof. Heiner Jacob. ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kisd.de
  3. ^ A b Silvia Fernández: Obituary for Heiner Jacob. ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 41 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / guibonsiepe.com.ar
personal data
SURNAME Jacob, Heiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 2013
Place of death Cologne