Victor Vasarely, 1970
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Above and below are fantastic poster designs from the Games of the XX Olympiad held in Munich in 1972. These represent highlights from the V&A Collections. See more 1972 Olympic posters here. Unfortunately, these games will be most remembered by the tragic Munich Massacre—the murder of 11 Israeli athletes by members of the Palestinian terrorist group, Black September.
German graphic designer Otl Aicher (1922–1991) served as the lead designer for developing the visual identity of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Notably, Aicher created an iconic pictogram system which successfully communicated to a multi-lingual and multi-cultural audience like never before. It has now become the universal standard. Learn more about Aicher and his work for these games (including some works for sale) here.
The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi regime. Mindful of the connection, the West German Government were anxious to take the opportunity of the Munich Olympics to present a new, democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by the Games’ official motto, “the Happy Games.” The emblem of the Games was a blue solar logo (the “Bright Sun”). The Olympic mascot, the dachshund “Waldi”, was the first officially named Olympic mascot. –Wikipedia
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Editor’s Note: For those who have been following AQ-V for awhile, you may have noticed posts have been missing so far this week, my sincere apologies. I am in the midst of packing in prep for moving to another city next week so honestly, it looks like a cyclone has hit around here. And time is shorter than usual. I hope to have everything back in better rhythm on AQ-V in a couple weeks.
Thank you always for your readership! Each and everyone of you is greatly appreciated.
–Amy
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Fantastic! Thanks for posting Amy!
Thanks David, glad you enjoyed these. :~) Olympic posters can be quite terrific. And the V&A poster collections are really grand throughout.
Isn’t Horst Antes thought-provoking? It’s incredible how many different ways he can re-imagine that same Easter Island / Picasso-esque character. I like his tribal art… it’s a little off-the-beaten-path for him…
http://www.tribalartbooks.com/tab455/images/items/13448.jpg
Super great image, Michael. Dig Antes’ tribal art, yes. Thanks!