Tokyo 2020 has unveiled a set of 50 retro-style sport pictograms that pay homage to the icons introduced at the first Tokyo Olympics in 1964.
Created by Japanese graphic designer Masaaki Hiromura over the course of two years, the pictograms represent all 33 sports that will feature in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games programme, with some sports using more than one pictogram.
The football pictogram is one of 50 designs featuring Olympic sports
There are two sets of 50 designs in total ? one unframed and the other framed.
The Free Type unframed pictograms will be used on posters, tickets and licensed products, and the Frame Type pictograms will be used for more functional purposes on maps, signage at competition venues, in guidebooks, and on websites. The fencing pictogram will be used on posters and tickets for the sport at the Games
The pictograms have been developed mainly using the blue of the Tokyo 2020 emblems as well as five other colours in some modes of use that will be employed as sub-colours to create points of difference. These include: a deep red, a royal blue, a cherry blossom pink, a violet shade and a green.
Olympic Games sport pictograms were first introduced at the Tokyo 1964 Games when organisers recognised the need to communicate to an increasingly international group of athletes and spectators.
The diving pictogram features a stylised image of a diver about to hit the water
The 20 original sport pictograms and a further 39 general information pictograms we...