There’s a lot of buzz starting about the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London. Recently, the posters for the London games were revealed, with mixed reactions.
For this week’s Friday Find you can take a trip through posters of previous Olympics, dating back to 1912 in the online gallery Olympic Posters Throughout the Ages. Not only do the posters offer a glimpse at the marketing of past Olympics, they detail the style and culture of the era and country hosting the Games.
A personal favorite is the poster for what came to be known as the “Austerity Games,” the first Olympic event held after World War II. Coming in a close second and third are the posters for the 1968 Games in Mexico City and the 1988 Games in Seoul, because they epitomize the psychedelic nature of both eras perfectly.
Brown Library News & Events 