The Ulmer Hocker: Idea ─ Icon ─ Idol at the HfG-Archiv, Ulm
...An Ulmer Hocker1 With the exhibition The Ulmer Hocker: Idea ─ Icon ─ Idol the HfG-Archiv, Ulm, help elucidate that while an Ulmer Hocker is that simple, it is a deceptive, and highly informative, simplicity... Yet for all that Max Bill was only involved with the HfG Ulm for a relatively short period of time, as The Ulmer Hocker: Idea ─ Icon ─ Idol, helps one understand, a great deal of Max Bill remained within the HfG Ulm; for all embodied in the Ulmer Hocker, an object developed at the school in 1954 and which as the HfG-Archiv exhibition title tends to confirm, has in the intervening decades become both an Idol and Icon...











































Due to a change of supplier during the 2025 production year, there was a clearly visible deviation in the colour temperature of the ‘light grey melange’ tone. We still have some remaining stock in a warmer light grey (left image). These are available while stocks last. In future, seat covers will only be supplied in the newer, slightly cooler light grey (right image). If you are unsure which version is right for you, please contact our


