![]() ![]() Ulm dropout Ferdinand Alexander Porsche’s design for the Porsche 911 can still be seen on our roads, and, while Braun’s current product line bears less of a close relation to the Ulm Model, Apple’s goods certainly retain some of the 20 th century formal beauty allied with 21 st century electronics. ![]() Though the Ulm school only lasted until 1968, it struck up a working relationship with Dieter Rams’ design department at Braun, assisting the German electronics and consumer goods manufacturer in coming up with its minimal designs, and with the German flagship airline Lufthansa, which still uses Aicher’s colourways today. ![]() Ulm's designers, founders and students were less the wild-eyed artists common in Italy at the time (think Ettore Sottsass or Carlo Mollino), and more the logical, northern European pseudo-scientists, dedicated to making perfectly formed, perfectly functional consumer goods. ![]()
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