who did this?

June 4, 2006 10:00 PM

Who is the designer of this logo?

My google skills are not helping me to find the creator of this logo(not the reston bit). I remember it from my childhood and I believe that there are different versions for different sports, and it is probably related to Olympics, but yet I couldn't find it.

posted by caelumluna to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (5 answers total)

Best answer: Otl Aicher (text in Russian) is a graphic designer (text in German) who designed iconography for the 1972 Munich Olympics.
posted by Mr. Six at 10:05 PM on June 4, 2006

Response by poster: Mr. Six, I can kiss you.
posted by caelumluna at 10:11 PM on June 4, 2006

Wiki article of Otl Aicher in english
posted by slater at 11:38 PM on June 4, 2006

More information from an unofficial Olympic Museum website.
posted by mikel at 4:16 AM on June 5, 2006

Yeah, I remember touring the Munich Olympic campus many years ago and how they were proud to have been the first Games that used those elegant icons.

Alas, I also remember the Olympic facility being devoid of life -- ala Wigsphere/Knoxville in that Simpsons episode. And unfortunately this month's World Cup games in Munich aren't being held there, but at a new stadium instead. However, it may just have been a slow day when I was there (25 years ago) ...
posted by intermod at 4:46 AM on June 5, 2006