1972 Munich Olympics + Otl Aicher
16 Aug 2012
![municholympics_hockney David Hockney, Olympics, 1972](https://ballroommarfa.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/municholympics_hockney.jpg)
David Hockney, Olympics, 1972
![municholympics__jones Allan Jones, Olympics, 1972](https://ballroommarfa.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/municholympics__jones.jpg)
Allan Jones, Olympics, 1972
![municholympics_antes Horst Antes, Olympics, 1972](https://ballroommarfa.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/municholympics_antes.jpg)
Horst Antes, Olympics, 1972
![CIS:E.147-1971 Eduardo Chillida, Olympics, 1972](https://ballroommarfa.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/municholympics_chillida.jpg)
Eduardo Chillida, Olympics, 1972
![municholympics_wesselmann Tom Wesselmann, Olympics, 1972](https://ballroommarfa.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/municholympics_wesselmann.jpg)
Tom Wesselmann, Olympics, 1972
![municholympics_albers Josef Albers, Olympics, 1972](https://ballroommarfa.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/municholympics_albers.jpg)
Josef Albers, Olympics, 1972
According to Creatures of Comfort (GREAT blog): “The 1972 Olympics held in Munich were the first time that the events were broadcast globally through television. As a result, it became the first time a terrorist attack was seen globally. Otl Aicher, who designed the 1972 Olympics chose, also for the first time, to use image predominantly in the graphics, rather than text and he commissioned international artists to make editioned prints for the games.”
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