Olympic sporting posters were produced to encourage travel to the host nation. As well as illustrating the many sporting events, they were used as an opportunity to promote artists from around the world. Original posters from Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, London 2012. The Olympics were held in Mexico City, Germany, Spain, Korea, England. This collection also includes art posters by Hockney. Adami, Antes, Chillida, Bridget Riley, Chris Ofili and many other international artists.
Explore Ally Vening's board "Olympic posters" on Pinterest. | See more about Tokyo 2020, Winter olympics and Moscow.
When the Olympic Torch Relay arrived in London, the official London 2012 website declared that 'London's moment to shine is here'. Early on in the history of the modern Olympic Games host cities realised that the Games were a chance to project a message of both civic and national pride to the rest of the world. Many Olympic posters present host cities through images of skylines, important monuments or civic coats of arms.
The German arm of global ad agency McCann Erickson developed this fantastic series of Olympic posters for Coca-Cola last year. Though the London Olympics are…
German posters from the 1972 Munich Olympics are restored on Wearside and will be shown in an exhibition.
If you’ve seen the famous official poster for 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, or the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics (see below), then you are familiar with
If you're a fan of good design, bright colours, and all things vintage, have a gander at these incredible Olympic posters from years gone by. Our personal favourites are the Mexico '68 collection...
Illustration
In 1980, the Soviet Union hosted the Summer Olympics in Moscow. Times were different back then. Athletic shorts were shorter. And the posters were… awesome! We’ve dug up a few of these rare specimens for you to flip through, lightly annotated for…
My take on Poster Imagery for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
As we all watch the Olympic athletes take their talent to the worldwide stage less than two months from now at the 2008 Summer Games, graphic design aficionados will be watching another kind of talent on display: the posters. Throughout the history of the games, the posters have provided a unique visual record, evoking everything…
Citius , Altius , Fortius The Games of the XXIXth Olympiad ~ Beijing, 2008 “ The Olympic Movement gives th...
Let the games begin! Here's our selection of (mainly vintage) posters created by contemporary artists for the Olympic Games.
This is a series of 5 Olympic posters I designed for school. Each features a different sport and is monochromatic based on the 5 colors of the iconic Olympic rings. (I am not affiliated with the Olympics and intend no copyright issues for using their ring…
There are a lot of advertisements out there for the Sochi Winter Olympics right now, but these vintage travel posters and prints are the ones we prefer.
Artists from around the globe interpret the Games.
As top British artists are selected to design posters for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we look at past designs
Nicholas D. Lowry takes us through a brief tour of "unofficial" vintage olympic posters from the twentieth century spanning the early 1900s to the 1970s.
AntikBar specialises in original vintage posters. Extensive stock of original lithograph posters from around the world available to purchase online and at our gallery at 404 King's Road London SW10 0LJ: travel posters, movie posters, skiing posters,
Leeds and Glasgow web design and development studio. We create beautiful, stylish and functional websites
