Rolf Müller was born in Dortmund in 1940 and studied at the University of Design of Ulm, from 1960 to 1963. He worked with Josef Müller-Brockmann, Zürich from 1963 to 1964 and he worked at his own studio in Ulm. from 1965. From 1967 until 1972 he worked with Otl Aicher and served as deputy representative for the Design of the 20th Olympic Games Munich 1972. In 1973 he moved Munich and set up his own studio there.