Herbert Lindinger

Herbert Lindinger (born 3 December 1933 in Wels)[1] is an Austrian graphic artist, exhibition designer, industrial designer, and university professor.[2] He is known for designing trains and trams such as the S-DT8.12 Stuttgart light rail cars, and the TW 6000 and TW 2000 (with Jasper Morrison) for the city of Hanover, Germany,[3][4] as well as the associated urban furniture and infrastructure. The logo of the University of Hannover, which evokes Leibniz's exploration of the binary number system, was also designed by Lindinger.[5][6]

S-DT8.12 Stuttgart light rail car (source photograph for "Design from Germany" postage stamp)

Early life and education

Lindinger was born in Wels, Austria in 1933. He studied graphic and exhibition design in Linz from 1950 to 1954, and subsequently studied product design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) from 1954 to 58,[7] where he was a student of Josef Albers, Johannes Itten, Max Bill, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart, Tomas Maldonado, and Hans Gugelot.[8][9]

Work and career

1950s Braun G11 radio-amplifier and G12 turntable

In the 1950s he worked alongside Hans Gugelot, Otl Aicher, Herbert Hirche, and Dieter Rams designing audio equipment for Braun.[10][11][12][13][14]

He was a lecturer at the Ulm School of Design (HfG) from 1962 to 1968, and subsequently, from 1971 to 1998, a professor and Director of the Institute for Industrial Design at the University of Hanover.[15][16][17][13]

Lindinger is known for his designs for trams and subway cars in Stuttgart, Hannover, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Berlin.[18][14] He also designed the Sirio (12 pitch) and Ulm (10 pitch) typefaces used by Olivetti typewriters.[4][19][20]

A 2017 German postage stamp honouring "Design from Germany" features Lindinger and his design for the Stuttgart light rail cars.[21][22][23]

In 2022, a German court ruled that Lindinger's design of the fabric used for the seat covers of the city’s public transport system was protected by copyright. As a result, the public transportation company BVG was temporarily barred from selling products and merchandise (including tea towels to sneakers) using the popular design. Bloomberg noted that "the fight reveals how passionate people can get about public transit seat covers – designs that many of us see every day, but which very often fall far outside the boundaries of conventional good taste." A settlement was later reached.[24]

Technical drawing of TW 6000

Publications

  • Lindinger, Herbert (1991). Ulm design : the morality of objects, 1953–1968. Translated by Britt, David. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-12147-6. OCLC 20828474.
  • Morrison, Jasper; Ganseforth, Heinrich (1997). A New Tram for Hannover - Design: Jasper Morrison. Gebr. Mann. ISBN 9783786122487. OCLC 75902074.
  • Götze, Oliver; Bartelsheim, Ursula; Baur, Janinia (2021). Design & Bahn : eine Gestaltungsgeschichte (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-7913-7921-0. OCLC 1246166730.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. ^ "sinnvolle formen: Interview mit dem Designer Herbert Lindinger" [meaningful forms: an Interview with the Designer Herbert Lindinger]. Deutscher Werkbund. June 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  2. ^ "Texte und Arbeiten unter Anleitung von von Herbert Lindinger" (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  3. ^ "Visit in Hannover". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  4. ^ a b "Herbert Lindinger". luc.devroye.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. ^ "Logo by Prof. em. Herbert Lindinger". Leibniz Universität Hannover. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. ^ "Neues Corporate Design der Leibniz Universität Hannover entsteht" (in German). Archived from the original on 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  7. ^ "Herbert Lindinger". HfG-Archiv Ulm (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  8. ^ biskup (2020-04-16). "You have to come up with an idea – Hans Gugelot turns 100". ndion. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  9. ^ "Vita – Lindingerdesign". www.lindingerdesign.de. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  10. ^ "A History of Braun Design, Part 3: Audio Products". Core77. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  11. ^ "Studio 1 Ch= RC62/5 Radio Braun; Frankfurt, build 1957–". www.radiomuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  12. ^ "Radio-Phonogerät Studio 1, 1956". Artnet. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  13. ^ a b "iF Design – Herbert Lindinger". ifdesign.com. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  14. ^ a b Rodriguez-Sanchez, Noemi (2023-12-01). ""You Can't Walk Around the Neighbourhood Alone in Design"". ndion. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  15. ^ "The Ulm Model". Raven Row. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  16. ^ "Travelling exhibition of the HfG". Ulm University HfG Archive. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  17. ^ "Herbert Lindinger". MIT Press. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  18. ^ Uhlenhut, Achim (30 November 2023). "Eine Legende: Herbert Lindinger zum 90. Geburtstag" [A legend: Herbert Lindinger on his 90th birthday]. üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  19. ^ Type design for typewriters: Olivetti by María Ramos Silva
  20. ^ "Part Two [Josh Young]". luc.devroye.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  21. ^ "Serie "Design aus Deutschland" Herbert Lindinger: Stadtbahn Stuttgart – Bundesfinanzministerium" [Series "Design from Germany" Herbert Lindinger: Stuttgart light rail car- Federal Ministry of Finance]. Bundesministerium der Finanzen (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  22. ^ "Deutsche Post pays tribute to designer Herbert Lindinger". Wilkhahn Blog. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  23. ^ "Deutsche Post, Stadtbahn Stuttgart". Deutsche Post AG. Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  24. ^ "Berlin's Beloved Transit Seat Design Escapes Legal Bind". Bloomberg.com. 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
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