Friday, 3 July 2009
Munich Olympic stamps
Three examples of stamp sets commemorating the1972 Olympic games: an Australian set produced for the summer games at Munich; one from the USA for the same games; and a German set publicising the subsequent winter games at Sapporo in Japan.
The pictogram used on the USA stamp is part of Otl Aicher's famous set, but I don't recognise the ones used on the Australian stamps. They appear to be half-way between the 1964 Tokyo pictograms and Aicher's work, but I don't have information about the designers of any of these sets, and would be glad to find out if anybody does know.
Labels:
1970s,
modernism,
Otl Aicher,
stamps
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2 comments:
Hello Mr Art Director.
I'm a copywriter in Cape Town. Thanks for the cool blog and all the info.
Juz
http://juztick.blogspot.com
These ones are missing form my collection, Im having such a hard time trying to get these ones.
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