Grundkurs Typographie, HfG Ulm, Otl Aicher (Hans G. Conrad)

Hans G. Conrad was the first student enrolled at the Ulm School of Design founded in 1953 by Inge Aicher-Scholl, Otl Aicher, and Max Bill. Conrad took the basic course in typography with Aicher, keeping an exercise book with the presented lessons. That exercise book is now in the possession of Prof. Dr. René Spitz of Cologne. He made six prints from the exercise book and stamped, signed, and dated them on the back. These are them. They’re a beautiful showing of lettering and type from when people still used pen and paper and taught in-person in a classroom with chalk and a chalkboard. So scarce that even Dr. Spitz forgot about them. (We reminded him when we were looking for details.)