Very fun video from The New York Times. Designer Steven Heller traces the evolution of the tiny symbols for each Olympic sport since their appearance in 1936.
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@pa4ulo7 жыл бұрын
I think Rio do an excelent job with your pictograms, and all the branding of the Rio 2016. Creative, inovative, authentic and friendly.
@jimdizon200312 жыл бұрын
Pictograms for Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 were really a standout from the rest of the olympics! Both were very much identified to their celebrated games!
@irondj12 жыл бұрын
The Beijing pictograms are fantastic not only because they stand alone as attractive, unique and functional representations of the various sports, but they also reflect the official 2008 logo -- the white figure of a running man in an oval of red. That logo is not only a figure running forward, but it can also be read as a highly stylized piece of calligraphy.
@whitesoxfanatic14 жыл бұрын
agreed, the London ones seemed decent especially compared to the more modern logos.
@irondj12 жыл бұрын
Also, the red oval and white image of the Beijing logo is meant to evoke the traditional Chinese personal seal or "chop" -- this would be a person's name carved onto a stone (or ivory or wood) then covered in red ink to create the mark, similar to a wax seal. When you consider this, and the fact that the Beijing sport pictograms are direct offshoots of this design, the whole kit'n'kaboodle becomes pretty damn impressive from a design perspective.
@yosrahamza14 жыл бұрын
i like this documentry it is discussing a usful subject for designers and artist i saw a lot of logos and stuff but i didnt ever think of looking to these figures even though it isnt an easy job to design them (i know ;) )
@littlebuddylee14 жыл бұрын
super cool! i never knew that much work went into it!
@wingsofhope214 жыл бұрын
This was actually pretty interesting!
@irondj12 жыл бұрын
Think of the Washington State Cougars logo, where the stylized letters "WSC" create a cougar head. The running Beijing logo figure actually evokes various Chinese characters written in an ancient style, such as the character "jing" which means capital but is also shorthand for Beijing; and it also can be read as the Chinese characters for culture or language.
@RainyToaster2 жыл бұрын
Tokyo 2020 Pictograms made it full circle
@panasit14 жыл бұрын
Very insightful. I love the Beijing design.
@ShaneAOF14 жыл бұрын
The Vancouver ones look fine to me
@FearOfTheFlesh14 жыл бұрын
Much better documentary ideas about the Olympics: 1) History and design evolution of the Olympic medals 2) History of the Olympics 3) History of which events were included, when and why 4) History of Olympic Opening Ceremonies, and their reception 5) History of various athletes, the most successful, oldest, youngest, etc. 6) The most unexpected events during the Olympics 7) The effect of politics on the Olympics 8) Drug scandal history in the Olympics 9) Evolution of Olympic marking
@grapesofwraith106614 жыл бұрын
Very interesting look back...some of those pictograms are downright freaky.
@cOlz2314 жыл бұрын
wow. very interesting. thx
@silveryote114 жыл бұрын
I like them all =D
@Chief_of_Beef3 жыл бұрын
Who else is here after the Tokyo pictogram show?
@FearOfTheFlesh14 жыл бұрын
this report is a classic case and point of making news out of no news...ny times..the future of failblog.
@nstgc37914 жыл бұрын
I liked the Munich icons.
@halfprice214 жыл бұрын
I like the 2012 ones...
@hermandeperman14 жыл бұрын
I agree! That's exactly my point.
@lynxdaemonskye14 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten about that Izzy guy! I used to have a plastic model of him. I'm not sure where I got it from... Either one of my parents was in Atlanta around then or it was a McDonald's toy?
@castvm14 жыл бұрын
cool
@hwtvi34664 жыл бұрын
But I liked the London pictograms...
@freddytk42114 жыл бұрын
Those sound great. When will you have one ready for us to watch?
@IvanC1412 жыл бұрын
mexico rules, whit innovation, design and style.
@shenzhenzhong14 жыл бұрын
Olympic icons of Beijing and Greece are really unconventional and understandable!!
@KryzMasta14 жыл бұрын
The problem with this little video is that the qualifications made are presented as absolutes, while they are more often than not taste-dependent. In some cases the functional quality is obviously good or bad, but other than that, taste is subjective, and therefor not a useful measure. Personally, I don't like the Athens symbols, and although I don't like the Atlanta symbols either, I can see how the classical form has Olympic stature, which might make them very appropriate.
@StephenEuanTalua2 ай бұрын
I want to believe this was intentionally satirical. Nagano's blob like pictograms were incorporated in its logo, and Atlanta's wated to pay homage to ancient Greece, considering 100 years had oassed since Athens 1896, the first Modern Olympiad.
@NAD195311 жыл бұрын
Oh, yes!
@thomasng8953 Жыл бұрын
You can add the Paris 2024 pictograms to the bad pictograms list ...
@DarthYoungling14 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who never noticed any of these pictograms??
@BrazilianDaftPunkFan3 жыл бұрын
0:08 CURSED
@hermandeperman14 жыл бұрын
En ik al helemaal, potverdorie.
@SerAbiotico3 жыл бұрын
2:27 here starts the ugly part of this review
@scheitster14 жыл бұрын
The guy says that these were praised by critics, but yeah I can see where you're coming from.
@ligonchoi14 жыл бұрын
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@ooooomz14 жыл бұрын
Thing is, if you could get the designers to speak about the ones he doesn't like, they could just as easily tell you why they're fantastic. Design pitch bullshit can be used to say anything about anything, and there's piles of it in this video. There are positive arguments for all of them, for example the Vancouver ones - generic looking pictures, maybe, but at least you could see what they were, and they were made to integrate nicely with the graphics around the place. They even used colour!
@joebob137914 жыл бұрын
Huh, that was interesting.
@GloriaD576714 жыл бұрын
I thought this was really well done.
@Cass719114 жыл бұрын
I had an Izzy the Whatzit doll(:
@blackbird16312 жыл бұрын
aw but i liked the icons for Atlanta 96 :(
@jmonster00714 жыл бұрын
did u make this? it was good
@veryinactiveukmapping6 жыл бұрын
this is offensive to all the countries who hosted the games with logos you didn't like
@SerAbiotico3 жыл бұрын
I thought exactly that
@diaverde0914 жыл бұрын
geeezzzz.
@zaheercronicious14 жыл бұрын
I like Vancouvers
@AlexHWalker13 жыл бұрын
I don't see any difference between Lillehammer's and Athens' so why make them sound so different? London's aren't childish this video just gives a crude representation they actually reflect the logo perfectly (in a good way)!
@MagikalKraker14 жыл бұрын
@1jtwallace1 PUT IT UP TWICE FOR THE WIN
@mentalitydesignvideo11 жыл бұрын
exactly, where the hell is the perfect work done for '80 Moscow games???
@theds10214 жыл бұрын
imma let ya finish Athens but Beijing had one of the best pictograms of all time!
@vinellix10 жыл бұрын
otl aicher rules!
@AzraelKans14 жыл бұрын
Great video except for the actual "appraisal" it starts great then it says some icons were not original or they were confusing or they were "childlish" not in a good way mind you. Then it present icons that have at least one of the flaws from the ones that were suposedly "no good" and praise them. uh?
@KryzMasta14 жыл бұрын
Maar natuurlijk hermandeperman, nederlanders hebben altijd gelijkerdepijk.
@JamesUsill111 жыл бұрын
Wow, awesome video!, but I have to disagree about the Athens pictograms...
@croassung37212 жыл бұрын
wait, this isnt 2021
@croassung3721Ай бұрын
*wait this isn’t 2024*
@deeliaartista14 жыл бұрын
See, the Greeks are not all that bad after all...!!!
@AdamHeathImage14 жыл бұрын
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@nuraybd Жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahahahahahahha😂
@OliverHyde0111 жыл бұрын
nahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@hermandeperman14 жыл бұрын
Nice to see, but I don't get why one is better then the other. I clearly don't see the difference, which of course can be blamed on my lack of education and what not. But at least EXPLAIN in a way that I can understand!
@FearOfTheFlesh14 жыл бұрын
@Monkeysniffer08 If this is a documentary then it is the most useless one about the Olympics I have ever stumbled on...if your next intelligent comment is why did you click on it then, the simple answer is, I was looking for Olympics through the ages looking at various athletes and events that bare some relevance to Olympic viewers and stumbled on this. Whats the next documentary? The type of laces used in olympic footwear?
@vinChilla14 жыл бұрын
I actually liked vancouver's and really disliked beijings..... :'(
@8LittleFishies14 жыл бұрын
sweet animations i have a few on my channel, check them out if u have time
@WiredPockets14 жыл бұрын
I thought Sydney was very clever - guess he isn't aware of the aborigines. Just as good as Athens.