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Olympics Pictograms Timeline

 

The task is creating an information graphic of History Design Ideologies as a supplement for a design magazine. Baseline is an authoritative UK magazine about type and typography within graphics and the visual arts. 

The Process

 

The International Typography and Iso-type are significant movements in Graphic Design history. A pictogram is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. In certain modern use, pictograms participants to a formal language. The design revolution of Olympics Pictograms reflects the development of graphic design from visual systems to cultural influence.

The Solution

 

The timeline organized Olympics Pictograms into Summer and Winter categories and compared the games by every four years. From the timeline, the audience is able to not only recognize the design style of every system, but also can notice the design difference of each game. 

 

© 2016 by Xiaomeng Yang.

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