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Almost a quarter of a century after the end of National Socialism in Germany, Otl Aicher was commissioned to design the "cheerful" Olympic Games in Munich 1972. He systematically and scientifically approached this task and liberated visual communication from national pathos by reducing it to the essential in the Bauhaus sense: the use.
May 13, 2019 · Guidelines and Standards for the Visual Design The Games of the XX Olympiad Munich 1972 Otl Aicher. German with booklet in English, French, Spanish, 22 Ausklappbögen / 44 pages, 22.5 / 63 x 30 cm, ring binder ISBN 978-3-7212-0999-0 Release date: 10/2019 . _First reprint ever of the original manual of most famous design for Olympic Games
When Munich hosted the Summer Olympic Games of the XX Olympiad in 1972, the city’s concept for a sports quarter in a green area with short distances between venues and no cars proved a roaring success. The Olympic Village was constructed within walking distance of the complex to accommodate athletes competing in the Games. The apartments of ...
Victor Vasarely (born 1908); Poster advertising the Olympic Games in Munich, 26 August to 10 September 1972. From the second of five series issueed jointly by the Organising Commitee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad and the publishing house F. Bruckmann KG Munich; colour offset lithograph; ca 1971.
The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972. The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in which eleven Israeli athletes and ...
Munich 1972. The Medals. On the obverse, the traditional goddess of victory, holding a palm in her left hand and a winner’s crown in her right. A design used since the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, created by Florentine artist Giuseppe Cassioli (ITA - 1865-1942) and chosen after a competition organised by the International Olympic Committee in 1921.
Aug 10, 2011 · The 1972 Olympic Games were the largest yet, setting records for the number of events, participating NOCs and competing athletes. For the first 11 days, the Games were one of the most beautiful demonstrations ever of Olympism. But in the early morning of September 5, eight operatives from the terrorist group Black September broke into the Olympic Village and made their way to the Israeli team ...
