Martin Krampen

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Martin Krampen (born March 9, 1928 in Siegen ; † June 18, 2015 in Ulm ) was a German designer , artist and semiotic , he was a student and lecturer at the Ulm School of Design .

Life

Martin Krampen studied theology , psychology and art history at the universities of Tübingen , Heidelberg and Rome from 1948 to 1950 . In 1950 he moved to Florence, where he studied painting and became a supporter of the Movimento per l'arte concreta movement and opened an art gallery. After studying in Florence , Krampen completed an internship at Otl Aicher's graphic design office in Ulm in autumn 1953 , before enrolling at the Ulm School of Design (HfG) in December 1953 , where he studied visual communication . He completed his studies in 1957 with a diploma. He later also worked as a lecturer at the HfG. He also studied psychology and communication science at Michigan State University , where he received his doctorate in 1962.

He held various professorships in design and psychology in the USA and Canada. From 1972 to 2005 he was a lecturer at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design . Martin Krampen has been an honorary member of the German Society for Semiotics since 1993 .

Publications

  • Martin Krampen / Klaus Oehler / Roland Posner / Thure von Uexküll (eds.): The world as a sign. Classics of modern semiotics. Berlin: Severin and Siedler 1981.
  • Il contributo della scuola di Ulm. The Legacy of the School of Ulm. In: Rassegna issue 19, 1984. With contributions by Tomás Maldonado, Marina Bistolfi, Martin Krampen, Giovanni Anceschi, Piero G. Tanca. 1984.
  • Martin Krampen: History of the road traffic signs. Diachronic analysis of a sign system. With 55 illustrations. Problems of semiotics. Volume 2. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag 1988.
  • Otl Aicher and Martin Krampen: Sign system of visual communication. Handbook for designers, architects, planners, organizers. Berlin: Ernst und Sohn Verlag for Architecture and Technical Sciences, 1996.
  • Martin Krampen: Otl Aicher - 328 posters for the Ulm Adult Education Center . Berlin: Ernst und Sohn Verlag for Architecture and Technical Sciences, 2000.
  • Martin Krampen, Günther Hörmann : The Ulm School of Design / The School of Design. Beginnings of a Project of Radical Modernism. Berlin: Ernst and Son, 2003.
  • Michael Götte, Michael Kneidl & Martin Krampen (eds.), Die Welt derzeichen / The World of Signs, Ludwigsburg: Av Edition, 2007.
  • Martin Krampen, Torsten Malcherczyk, Jochen Speidel: "Watch and formulate / observation and formulation", Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2009.
  • Martin Krampen: "Meaning in the urban environment", Routledge, 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hartmut Espe: To Obituary for Martin Krampen . In: Empirical Studies of the Arts . tape 34 , no. 1 , p. 140-141 , doi : 10.1177 / 0276237415621213 ( sagepub.com [PDF]).
  2. ↑ The HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd mourns the loss of Prof. em. Dr. Martin Krampen. Retrieved October 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Krampen, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer, artist and semiotic
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wins
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 2015
Place of death Ulm