February 12, 2010
With the Olympics about to begin, I had to post these amazing posters from the 1972 Munich Games designed by German Designer Otl Aicher. He is best known for being the lead designer of the ’72 Olympic Games which was completely branded without compromising to the core philosophies of design. The whole campaign would be just as successful today as it was almost 40 years ago. Not to mention, you can’t beat the layouts, type and color combinations above, they are so on point with each other. Now days it has unfortunately come down to things like this, this and this, which falls really short when you begin to compare. Recently is just seems like the designs have been pushed out the door once a mediocre concept has been determined. So unfortunate.
View the posters above along with more from the ’72 Games at Blanka, where you can also purchase some of the originals, at a hefty price of course. Check out more Otl Aicher and Olympic goodness at this flickr set as well.
Filed Under: Design, Illustration, Posters
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