The Sochi Winter Olympics officially began on February 6th, 2014, but the controversy surrounding these Olympics began much earlier. The slogan featured on the Sochi Olympic poster, “Hot.Cool.Yours.”, got us thinking… how does the art/branding from the Sochi Winter Olympics compare to the past. The Art of the Winter Olympics timeline displays the posters from each of the past Winter Olympics. It is interesting to see how design trends have changed.
Event | Date |
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Winter Olympics I Chamonix, France |
1924 |
Winter Olympics II St. Moritz, Switzerland |
1928 |
Winter Olympics III Lake Placid, United States |
1932 |
Winter Olympics IV Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
1936 |
Cancelled due to World War II Sapporo, Japan |
1940 |
Cancelled due to World War II Cortino d’Ampezzo, Italy |
1944 |
Winter Olympics V St. Moritz, Switzerland |
1948 |
Winter Olympics VI Oslo, Norway |
1952 |
Winter Olympics VII Cortino d’Ampezzo, Italy |
1956 |
Winter Olympics VIII Squaw Valley, United States |
1960 |
Winter Olympics IX Innsbruck, Austria |
1964 |
Winter Olympics X Grenoble, France |
1968 |
Winter Olympics XI Sapporo, Japan |
1972 |
Winter Olympics XII Innsbruck, Austria |
1976 |
Winter Olympics XIII Lake Placid, United States |
1980 |
Winter Olympics XIV Sarajevo, Yugoslavia |
1984 |
Winter Olympics XV Calgary, Canada |
1988 |
Winter Olympics XVI Albertville, France |
1992 |
Winter Olympics XVII Lillehammer, Norway |
1994 |
Winter Olympics XVIII Nagano, Japan |
1998 |
Winter Olympics XIX Salt Lake City, United States |
2002 |
Winter Olympics XX Turin, Italy |
2006 |
Winter Olympics XXI Vancouver, Canada |
2010 |
Winter Olympics XXII Sochi, Russia |
2014 |
To learn more about the Winter Olympics posters, view this document from Olympics.org. The document expands upon the Winter Olympics timeline we have compiled to explain what goes into the creation of an Olympic poster and how they are used.
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