Pictograms being used for the events at the Beijing Olympics. Above is a variant the NY Times used in their Olympics section the other day.
(thank you adam)
Pictograms being used for the events at the Beijing Olympics. Above is a variant the NY Times used in their Olympics section the other day.
(thank you adam)
The Graphic Language of Min Wang —
http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2008/07/min_wang.html
You may find this interview/article Shift did interesting to know some of the background and the guy working on it and a bunch of the Beijing identity items
Aug 7th, 2008 / 12:58 am
That Judo pictogram is a thing of beauty.
Aug 7th, 2008 / 9:12 am
Hmmm maybe you’d like to check out how Amnesty International has transformed them for their new campaign ;-)
http://www.senoritapuri.com/2008/08/pekin-2008-olimpiadas-de-la-vergenza.html
XO Puri
Aug 8th, 2008 / 3:44 am
This article in Baseline (London) tells the whole story of the design of the Beijing Olympics graphics program. The SHIFT article was adapted from it.
Aug 8th, 2008 / 11:53 am
It’s well done design and concept based on Chinese characters and stamp culture.
Aug 9th, 2008 / 9:07 pm