Logo and graphics from the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, by Otl Aicher. Via. Unfortunately the excellent design produced by Munich was eclipsed by the gruesome tragedy that unfolded at the Games.
Munich Olympics Graphics, 1972
February 19, 2010
graphics and signage
Pollyanna and Cassandra
December 21, 2009
I anxiously await the 2009 NYT Trender tool so we can see how things have changed since 2008, a year in which Cassandra ended on the decline while Pollyanna was on the ascendant.
Ambigrams
December 17, 2009
This post is for Paul, who recently pointed out that the “ouno” logo above is an ambigram, and who suggested looking at the work of Scott Kim who made the two animated ambigrams above and below.
Space Ghost with Bjork and Thom Yorke
November 11, 2009
Space Ghost: “Not now honey please, I’m in the middle of a giant space war. What can I do? Aliens! So I’ll talk to you when there’s peace. In space.”
Bjork: “Yeah?
Montreal vs. Vancouver Olympics graphics – a little comparative photo essay
October 18, 2009
Ignoring the problems of hosting the Olympics, which are serious and many (and as a Vancouverite I’m speaking from experience), let’s just compare the graphic design from two different Canadian Olympics.
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2010 Olympics
bad design
cheesy
City of Vancouver
clip art
cringe list
design disasters
Douglas Coupland
feminine hygiene
graphic design
Illustrator
Massimo Vignelli
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Olympics
tracing
Vancouver
VANOC
why are things so boring now?
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The Tresure Chest (sic) is empty
September 10, 2009
Apologies for my continuing semi-absence from this blog. I appreciate your patience and I thought you might enjoy this sign from one of the crafts stalls at the Ferry terminal between Vancouver and Victoria.
Paper architecture for Habitat 1976 by Arthur Erickson
August 13, 2009
This is the paper-based pavilion designed by Arthur Erickson for the UN Habitat Conference on Human Settlements that took place in Vancouver in June of 1976. The pavilion, part of Habitat’s exhibit, was erected in front of the old courthouse (now the Vancouver Art Gallery).
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Arthur Erickson
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city planning
courthouse
future
futurist
guide
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pavilion
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Shigeru Ban
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UN Conference on Human Settlements
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Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery
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Diet Cookbook, 1974, plus nudity
July 7, 2009
This 1974 book cover has everything including mod 3D typeface, superimposed naked women in psychedelic colours, and an author named bureau of consumer research in lower case.
Painted houses
June 10, 2009
Modernist Vancouver house of the painter BC Binning, who painted his own interior and exterior murals. Photo by Arne Haraldsson. See here for more information on this heritage-protected house.
In my neighbourhood there’s a heritage program called True Colours wherein you can receive a pat on the back from heritage types and sometimes free paint if you agree to paint your house in the original house colours circa 1901.
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adventurous
Arne Haraldsson
Basel
BC Binning
boredom
boring
building
colour
colour block
colourful
decorated
design
door
doors
drab
exterior
geometric
heritage
house
houses
imagination
Leiden
maroon and hunter green
modernist
mural
painted
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pattern
patterned
Poland
Prebyterian
Protestant
San Francisco
Stanley Donwood
trim
True Colours
Untrue Colours
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I am a jackeroo in the ebay
May 28, 2009
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This eBay ad is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen on the internet. All sincerely, no magniloquence. Why, why did I not bid on the monkey-on-horse sculpture purportedly made of amber?
