Collection: Max Bill

Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1908. After training at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts he was at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, from 1927 to 1929. He returned to Switzerland and worked as an architect, decorator, graphic designer, sculptor, journalist and designer. In all these fields he has written essays, taught and held lectures.

He was a member of CIAM (International Congress of Modern Architecture) and UAM (Union of Modern Artists). In 1951 he was the co-founder of Ulm's School of Design and managed the architecture and design sections. He was a member of the Institute of Industrial Aesthetics in Paris, the DWB (German Werkbund), the BSA (Swiss Federation of Architects), the AIA (American Institute of Architects) and Switzerland's “Oeuvre” association.

In 1967 he taught environmental design at the State University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. He was a member of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts and the Flemish Royal Academy of Science, Literature and Art. He is an honorary consultant for UNESCO. He received many awards and prestigious honors in his career. He died in Berlin in 1994.