“Aicher’s pictograms for the town of Isny contrast sharply with those he developed for the Munich Olympic games some ten years earlier - while many share the same constructional grid, the speed, grace and pose of the athlete makes way for the slower pace and peace of the rural countryside and country folk. Mountains, hillsides, farms, lakes, skiers, cows, ducks and cyclists are visually rendered in Aicher’s pictographic style. The book is printed black throughout, the images are beautifully paced, either black on white or white reversed out. Written by Katharina Adler, this is a book requiring no words.” DavidMcFarline

The book: Otl Aicher: das Allgäu (bei Isny), Isny, 1981.

More about Isny: A pictogram of the Allgäu city Isny by Otl Aicher

“BOCOG released the Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on the occasion of the 2-year countdown to the opening of the Games.”