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1976 Montréal Olympics Graphics Manual
Taken by Antonio
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Snowshoe Adventure in the Ancient Rainforest - Prince George, British Columbia
Taken by kris krüg
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To infinity, and beyond!
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Otl Aicher and the 1972 Munich Olympics
Gorgeous collection of links and reference material from the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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Transmoflection
Just get past the painfully bad “Transmoflection” part this video does a great job talking about how the design team came about coming up withe branding for the 2010 games in Vancouver.
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Usain Bolt: It’s Just Not Normal
Freak. Still, the infographics are really revealing depicting some incredible feats in sports. I had no idea the DiMaggio hitting streak was the dominant.
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Olympic Medal Count Map
I absolutely love this interactive graphic depicting the medal counts since the modern games inception in 1896. Big kudos for representing the different regions using color and a rough “map” via large circles. It’s great that you can quickly flip to just a straight numerical order too though.
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USA Basketball Returns to the Top
“After embarrassing the United States on and off the court in Athens, this so-called Redeem Team lived up to its moniker with vigor. The players guarded as if their meals depended on it, shared the ball as if they were starring in “Hoosiers” and made not even a wisp of trouble off the court.” I’m not wild about the “Redeem Team” nick name but I’m happy to see American basketball representing both the country and themselves well. I’ve been disenchanted with NBA basketball for years. I started to drift back when Blazers championship runs ended and the country referred to them as the “Jail Blazers”. I hope NBA basketball finds a way to turn there image around, but I’m still skeptical. They’ve got a long ways to go before they’ll get me back watching on a regular basis. See quotes like this is a good start though.
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The Diver’s View
Incredible panorama of the Olympic Water Cube. Thomas Finchum does a great job describing incredible it is to be up on that platform.
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A Collection of Olympic Torches
Enthralling interactive graphic from the New York Times showing torch designs throughout the history of the modern games.
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Olympics Structure Shines Bright With LED Lighting
“LED lighting can eliminate the need to build 133 coal-fired power plants, thereby saving 258 million tons of greenhouse gases, which could equate to powering 12 million American homes a year.” Gorgeous and environmentally friendly.
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2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony
I skimmed them quickly because I don’t want to ruin watching the opening ceremony tonight but these look like some fantastic photos from the Big Picture.
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Film Boy
Taken by kris krüg
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Happy Family - Beijing 2008 Olympics
Taken by kris krüg
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Beijing Airport Parking Garage
Taken by kris krüg
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Beijing 2008 Preparations - Three Weeks to Go
I’ll stop linking to The Big Picture… someday.
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Olympics from Golden Gardens
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Near focus
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Far focus
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Trees and the Olympics
