Designing The 2008 Olympic Pictograms and Those of Years Past


above left: Inscriptions on the Gui bronze vessels; above right: Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Photo and graphic courtesy of ARCOG

Graphic designers had to consider how to create a look that represented China, but also how to design images that would be attractive to an international audience, ARCOG (the Art Research Center for the Olympic Games) deputy director Hang Hai explains. (more…)

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Olympic Torch, Cauldron, Stand and Relay Lantern: Design, Facts and Images

The Beijing Olympic Torch boasts strong Chinese characteristics, and showcases Chinese design and technical capabilities. It embodies the concepts of a Green Olympics, a High-tech Olympics and the People’s Olympics. (more…)

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All The Olympic Posters Throughout History & The Story Behind Those 5 Rings

Olympic Posters Throughout History

The 2008 Olympiad games begin this week in Beijing and so I thought I’d take this opportunity to share with you some fun Olympic design history as well as some present Olympic design-related news all this week. Today we’ll start with the Olympic Posters, and the meaning behind the five rings. (more…)

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