1964 and 1972 Olympics Pictograms - We Made This

1964 and 1972 Olympics Pictograms

Following on from our post about the 2012 pictograms, we've pulled these beauties out of the archives. The set on the left are the Tokyo 1964 series (Artistic director: Masaru Katzumie, Graphic designer: Yoshiro Yamashita), and the set on the right are Otl Aicher's from Munich 1972. (Check out Alistair's Signs & Lettering Flickr set for larger scans.)

posted: 19 October 2009
categories: Graphics

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