About Lufthansa (Aicher)
In 1962 Otl Aicher and the Gruppe E5 team at the Ulm School of Design rebuilt Lufthansa's identity as a system, not a logo. The Kranich — the crane — was reduced to pure geometry inside a defined circle, then deployed across a strict modular grid in lowercase Helvetica-Bold. Large flat fields of saturated melon yellow carry navy and black marks. Nothing is decorative; every element earns its position. This is the textbook of systematic corporate identity — rigorous, confident, and built to scale across a fleet.
- Origin
- Germany (Western Europe)
- Era
- 1950–1990; 'Projekt 1400' identity 1962
- Key figures
- Otl Aicher · Gruppe E5 · HfG Ulm
- Movements
- Ulm School systematic corporate identity · Swiss/International Typographic Style
Lufthansa (Aicher) design spec
Colors
Typography
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