One of the official posters printed in Mexico on the occasion of the Mexico 1968, Olympic Games. We can notice the Olympic Sports pictograms - Water Polo included. Pictograms have been part of Olympic design programs since they were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. The stylized figures easily communicate information to visitors and participants who have diverse language and cultural backgrounds. Source: Private collection

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Olympic Games, pictograms, 1968 Mexico City

Mexico 1968 | Affischerna 1967-1979

' ' Some really fantastic design work from New York native and designer  Lance Wyman for the 1968 Olympics.  The 60s Op-Ar...

Olympic Games, participating countries, 1968 Mexico City

[1968]. Mexico ville olympique, [septembre 1968], Atelier Marseille : [affiche] / [non identifié] -- 1968 -- images

Tickets for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, designed by Lance Wyman and Beatrice Colle, posted 5.17.2010. www.theobsessiveimagist.com

~ Department of Publications and Urban Design, Organizing Committee of the XIX Olympiad

Anon. illustrator.

Lance Wyman was an aspiring graphic designer in 1966 when he learned that the International Olympic Committee and the Mexican Olympic Committee were looking to hire a team to create the emblem and …

This is a pretty complete run-through of the 1968 Mexico Olympics logo and brand identity system, designed by Lance Wyman.

I'm feeling generous today, so here is round 2 of stamps, continuing in today's theme of sporting events & psychedelia! I've been after thes...

Mexico 1968: The series of posters for these Games came from the collaboration of three artists: Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, architect and President of the Organising Committee for the Games, Eduardo Terrazas (MEX) and Lance Wyman (USA) who designed the “Mexico 68” logo. They then developed it to create the black and white poster, which recalls the patterns of the Huichole Indians. Some 25,000 copies of the poster presented here were produced in one of the following colours: blue, red, yellow, green or black. (с) IOC

ATHLETICS

The year was 1968 and the Summer Olympics (or the Games of the XIX Olympiad, as they were officially called!) were held in Mexico City, Mexico. The Mexican Olympics were notable for many things: they were the first Games hosted by a Latin American nation, they were the first Games to feature a woman torch-bearer lighting the Olympic flame…they were the […]

~ Lance Wyman (American, b.1937)

We did a DJ tour in Mexico 2008 and saw this image inna news paper commemorating the dreaded events of 1968 in Mexico. But aren't the dresses dope?¿