The Opening Ceremony included many memorable moments -- some somber, others inspiring -- but few were as purely fun as the human pictogram performance. What, do tell, is a "human pictogram performance ...

At the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony this summer, three artists clad in blue and white deftly brought all 50 official sporting pictograms to life, seamlessly transitioning from one to the next ...

(ATR) As part of two-years-to-go events, the pictograms for the events of the Beijing Olympics are now public, a set of 35 images based on Chinese seal characters. August 8 will mark two years to ...

Over 50 years since pictograms were first used at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics, Japanese designer Masaaki Hiromura has created 50 new symbols ahead of next year’s event In 1964, Japan took to the world ...

1964 Tokyo Olympics official poster. Courtesy of Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum 1964 Tokyo Games Art Exhibition Poster (Photo Exhibition), designed by Hara Hiromu Pictograms, photographed ...

as well as to mark the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Games in Munich. The 21 different sports – from cycling to high jump or archery – are represented, as well as further pictograms for easier ...

The first Olympics pictograms were used at the 1948 London Games and have become a regular feature of the Olympics since the 1964 Tokyo Games. The 2012 pictograms will be featured on limited ...