London 2012 – Sports Pictograms
Designer: Simon Manchipp, Karl Randall & Lee Davies/SomeOne
SomeOne agency designed 38 sports pictograms – not just once, but twice. In addition to the actual sports pictogram as a simple silhouette version, there is also a second, more decorative and dynamic one. Among the sports pictograms of the disciplines whose competitions were held in London, two sports are particularly striking, which are cycling and riding. For the first time not only one but several pictograms were designed: four for the cycling disciplines (track, road, mountain bike and BMX), three for equestrian sports (dressage, showjumping and eventing). The kit of parts that make up the pictograms were taken from the letters in the 2012Headline font. To cut a long story short: the emblem was used to create the typeface, the latter for the sports pictograms.
Sport Pictograms
ARCHERY
ATHLETICS
BADMINTON
BASKETBALL
BOXING
CANOE SLALOM
CANOE SPRINT
CYCLING BMX
CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE
CYCLING ROAD
CYCLING TRACK
DIVING
EQUESTRIAN DRESSAGE
EQUESTRIAN EVENTING
EQUESTRIAN JUMPING
FENCING
FOOTBALL
GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC
GYMNASTICS RYHTHMIC
GYMNASTICS TRAMPOLINE
HANDBALL
HOCKEY
JUDO
MODERN PENTATHLON
ROWING
SAILING
SHOOTING
SWIMMING
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
TABLE TENNIS
TAEKWONDO
TENNIS
TRIATHLON
VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL BEACH
WATERP OLO
WEIGHTLIFTING
WRESTLING
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