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Otl Aicher’s Olympic Graphic Design

“The Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery located within San Jose State University is hosting an amazing exhibition of graphic design by the office of Otl Aicher for the 1972 Munich Olympics. The exhibition features, posters, books, brochures and signage conceived for the 1972 Olympic identity program”  Dave

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Rural pictograms

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