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Beijing Olympics Pictograms

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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)

August 06, 2008 in data visualization |

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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

Posted by: ChrisFizik | August 07, 2008 at 12:58 AM

That Judo pictogram is a thing of beauty.

Posted by: Eric Hague | August 07, 2008 at 09:12 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

Posted by: Señorita Puri | August 08, 2008 at 03:44 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.

Posted by: Stephen Goldstein | August 08, 2008 at 11:53 AM

It's well done design and concept based on Chinese characters and stamp culture.

Posted by: James K. | August 09, 2008 at 09:07 PM

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