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By: Stephen Coles

Stephen Coles — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:44:19 +0000

If there are any other Tuesday evening folks, I’m with you.

By: iconglobe » Blog Archive » Otl Aicher’s Olympic Graphic Design

iconglobe » Blog Archive » Otl Aicher’s Olympic Graphic Design — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:29:30 +0000

[...] “The Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery located within San Jose State University is hosting an amazing exhibition of graphic design by the office of Otl Aicher for the 1972 Munich Olympics. The exhibition features, posters, books, brochures and signage conceived for the 1972 Olympic identity program” Dave [...]

By: akrok

akrok — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:31:28 +0000

o’boy, i hope i can swing by. looks awesome.

By: Milena

Milena — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:00:59 +0000

Phenomenal. The equestrian sports icon is my favorite. The representation of the horse? Simply inspired. I WISH I was in the San Francisco Bay Area. We never get exhibitions like this in Houston.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:28:57 +0000

edit: relationship between Aicher’s team and the printing team

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:27:59 +0000

I was there on tuesday as well and Joe’s lecture before hand was very insightful. One thing he talked about was the relationship before Aicher’s team and the printing team they were working with. The printing job was as important as the designing. The gallery was mind blowing. By the way, this is all of Joe’s private collection. It even had the torch(probably replica).

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:01:45 +0000

Yea, mike you gotta come out!

By: Mike Davis

Mike Davis — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:43:38 +0000

!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??! Are you kidding me?!??! Amazing! Now I gotta find a way out to the Bay…

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:51:28 +0000

SO excited, probably my favorite work ever.