The Olympics are Not Just for Jocks

Let’s face it readers, you and I are not jocks.  I try to run two or three times a week.  You like racquetball.  Other than that, we’re not really sports people.  Not sports people, that is, except when we catch some serious Olympics fever.  And frankly, moments like this make Olympics fever unavoidable.

After you’ve made time for that (brought to you by Silverlight…yes!), take time to reflect on 84 years of Olympics logos.  My undisputed favorite is Mexico 1968.  I think  that if you look long enough, it might be an optical illusion of some sort.  Yup, there it is.  I just got a flash of the word “Mexico.”

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Grant Hinkson

13 aug 2008

 

“You like racquetball.” who told you? hahaha — that’s great!

 

Frank

19 aug 2008

 

Hey Robby, did you know that the texan band “The Black Angels” used this design for their 2006 released CD “Passover”?

http://www.theblackangels.com/images/discography/passover-big.jpg

 

Frank

28 aug 2008

 

Actually I liked to point you to another more “interactive” part of olympic design which I guss is very interesting. But then forgot it ;-)
Here it is: Olympic Pictograms (http://olympic-museum.de/pictograms/Picto1972.htm)
I’m getting curious each four years again to see how they designed the pictrograms this time.