Comments on: Mexico Olympics, 1968 – graphics and design https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:14:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Graphic Design Classics: Lance Wyman | The Pixellogo Blog: Graphic Design, Logo Reviews, Tips & Tutorials https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/#comment-1389 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:14:02 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8453#comment-1389 […] 1, 2, […]

]]> By: LB https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/#comment-1388 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:08:30 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8453#comment-1388 In reply to Sami.

I know. Do you like any of the ones in that link? I don’t. None of them even comes close to any of the 70s torches. Especially the Mexican one, which might be my favourite.

]]> By: Sami https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/#comment-1387 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:45:37 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8453#comment-1387 The torch is gorgeous! Brilliant on so many levels, it keeps with the op-art poster theme yet it’s very distinctive in its own way. It also evokes a bundle of small rods, which would be a natural form for a torch.

It’s amazing how unremarkable (if not downright ugly) are most of the more recent olympic torches:

http://gizmodo.com/5032853/the-olympic-torch-transformed-over-history

]]> By: LB https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/#comment-1386 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:05:26 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8453#comment-1386 Yes. How long is it that people have been saying the Olympics need to be rethought? The student in that video calling them “a diversion for the rich that the poor are paying for” … And that same huge police presence. It’s weird that 11 were murdered in Munich and that’s remembered, but the 25 anti-Olympic student protesters shot in the leadup to Mexico aren’t as well known. Mexico’s more remembered for the black power salutes by the black athletes on the podium:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/17/newsid_3535000/3535348.stm

]]> By: Alex Morrison https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/#comment-1385 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:43:15 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8453#comment-1385 http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6560000/newsid_6567900/6567953.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2

]]> By: iinekore https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/#comment-1384 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:27:00 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8453#comment-1384 that is incredibly wonderful. i entirely agree with your comment.

]]> By: LB https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/#comment-1383 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:48:51 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8453#comment-1383 I know. What happened? Something happened to graphic design after 1980.

]]> By: Joe https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/20/mexico-olympics-1968/#comment-1382 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:54:05 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8453#comment-1382 Absolutely gorgeous.

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