Herbert Ohl
Herbert Ohl (born August 26, 1926 in Mannheim ; † March 1, 2012 in Darmstadt ) was a German designer .
Career
From 1947 to 1949 Ohl studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe . He graduated from the Faculty of Karlsruhe in 1952 in architecture.
He then worked for Egon Eiermann until 1954. Until 1956, Ohl worked as a commissioned architect at the University Hospital in Saarbrücken , then as a freelance designer and architect in Ulm . From 1956 he also taught at the Ulm School of Design , and from 1959 he was a member of the Rectorate's College . In 1966 he became rector when it was already known that the Geschwister-Scholl-Stiftung, the sponsor of the university, was heavily in debt. In 1968 teaching in Ulm was stopped and he moved to Milan, where he designed the complete renovation of the laRinascente department store together with the Italian architect Gino Valle .
After 1968, Ohl worked as an expert and as a designer, including various studies on automobile safety for Fiat . His customers in Italy included the furniture company Fantoni , for whom he designed the modular "Series 45 °" office system (which was included in the permanent collection of MoMa in New York), Brionvega , Arflex , for which he co-created an armchair from 1974 to 1979 tensioned nets, and Matteograssi. In Germany in 1982 he revised the Arflex design for Wilkhahn , which was added to the range as the "O-Line". In 1982 he also designed the Swing cantilever chair for Rosenthal , which was later sold by Lübke .
From 1974 to 1982 Ohl was the technical director of the German Design Council. From 1975 to 1979 he was a member of the board of the ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design). From 1984 to 1991 he was Professor of Automotive Design at Pforzheim University and from 1988 Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ design report. April 12, 2013, accessed February 29, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ohl, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 2012 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |