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Herbert Lindinger (born 3 December 1933 in 
In the 1950s he worked alongside Hans Gugelot, 
Wels
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) is an Austria
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n graphic artist, exhibition designer, industrial designer, and university professor. 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
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) for the city of Hanover, Germany, as well as the associated urban furniture and infrastructure. The logo of the University of Hannover
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, which evokes Leibniz's exploration of the binary number system, was also designed by Lindinger.
Early life and education
Lindinger was born in Wels, Austria in 1933. He studied graphic and exhibition design inLinz
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from 1950 to 1954, and subsequently studied product design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) from 1954 to 58, where he was a student of Josef Albers
Josef Albers ( , , ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and Visual arts education, educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in Bottrop, Westp ...
, Johannes Itten
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, Max Bill, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart, Tomas Maldonado, and Hans Gugelot.
Work and career
In the 1950s he worked alongside Hans Gugelot, Otl Aicher
Otto "Otl" Aicher (; 13 May 1922 – 1 September 1991) was a German graphic designer and typographer. Aicher co-founded and taught at the influential Ulm School of Design. He is known for having led the design team of the 1972 Summer Olympics ...
, Herbert Hirche, and Dieter Rams
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designing audio equipment for Braun
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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
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Lindinger is known for his designs for trams and subway cars in Stuttgart, Hannover, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Berlin. He also designed the Sirio (12 pitch) and Ulm (10 pitch) typefaces used by Olivetti typewriters.
A 2017 German postage stamp honouring "Design from Germany" features Lindinger and his design for the Stuttgart light rail cars.
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
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'' 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.
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