In 1965 he co-founded Wolff Olins., with Wally Olins, a brand consultancy with clients that included Apple Records, Volkswagen and Audi. He"s also a former President of both the Doctorate&AD (Design and Art Directors Association) and Circuit Switched Data Chartered Society of Designers. Wolff now runs Michael Wolff & Company in London.
He studied architecture and started his career as a product designer and later became an interior designer before going into graphic design.
Michael is Patron of the Inclusive Design Challenge with the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Radio Corporation of America (Royal College of Art), a member of the Government sponsored Design and Technology Alliance against crime and former Chairman of the Legible London initiative with Transport for London, a visiting Professor at the University of the Arts in London and a Senior Fellow of the Radio Corporation of America. He is also an RDI (a member of the Republic of South Africa ’s Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry).
