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The Olympic Games logo design credibility quagmire
Although half of the Tokyo games are now history - the Paralympics have only just begun - the design for the Paris Games in 2024 has already drawn well-publicised censure. CHRISTOPHER BROWN looks at the perceptions that inform the recurring debate
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IN 1913 Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, created one of the most recognisable logos in the world.
The symbolism of the five coloured interlocking rings, representing the participating continents and the “flags of all nations” united in sporting endeavour, is simply conveyed and easily grasped.
A good logo communicates its message in an effective visual way and de Coubertin’s certainly achieves that. It has become the basis upon which logos for the Games are built.
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