Le Figaro on the Olympic stadium
Le Figaro is doing a series on Olympic installations worldwide and has lit on our beloved stadium, which it calls “le plus spectaculaire, architecturalement parlant, des enceintes que nous vous avons jusqu’alors présentée.” I don’t think the Figaro writer gets how unsuitable the design is for this climate, but the post‑Games use of the structure isn’t on his radar.
Ian 20:27 on 2024-08-06 Permalink
Well, if nothing else came from the Olympics here, the famous anti-fascist graphic designer Otl Aicher who led the design team for the 1972 Munich Olympics designed the pictograms for our games, and we ended up using one of his fonts (Rotis semi-sans) for the City of Montreal.
Ian 20:29 on 2024-08-06 Permalink
Legitimately directly involved with the White Rose society.
Kate 12:58 on 2024-08-07 Permalink
I’m still a fan of Rotis. Aicher did good work.
Ian 18:52 on 2024-08-07 Permalink
AND he invented the universal bathroom sign! It was firrst used at the Olympics, too.