Overview
Michael Wolff is a British graphic designer and consultant on brands and corporate identity.
Biography
Michael Wolff was born in London on 12 November 1933 to Russian parents fleeing post-Soviet revolutionary persecution. He grew up in London during WW2 and attended various preparatory schools before being evacuated to a small village in South Devon. He attended Caldicott School in Farnham Royal and then Gresham’s School in Norfolk.
In 1951 Wolff was accepted into the AA School of Architecture.
Wolff Olins
In the early 1960s Wolff went into partnership with James Main in Camden Town, London and Wally Olins joined a few years later. In 1965 Wolff Olins was formed and became corporate identity specialists consulting to Volkswagen/Audi, Renault, The Labour Party, Apple Records, Camden Council, Citigroup, 3i, Waterstones, WHSmith and Bovis amongst others. Michael Wolff left Wolff Olins in the 1980s to work for various corporate clients before founding Michael Wolff and Company which he currently leads.
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