Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 News

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Beijing 2022 had the lowest key reveal (that I can remember) of their pictograms today. Here’s ITG’s article: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102531/beijing-2022-unveil-pictograms

 

I haven’t been able to find any high quality images of them.

 

Edit: IOC finally posted them: https://www.olympic.org/news/beijing-2022-unveils-sports-pictograms-to-welcome-the-new-year

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9 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Beijing 2022 had the lowest key reveal (that I can remember) of their pictograms today. Here’s ITG’s article: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102531/beijing-2022-unveil-pictograms

 

I haven’t been able to find any high quality images of them.

 

Edit: IOC finally posted them: https://www.olympic.org/news/beijing-2022-unveils-sports-pictograms-to-welcome-the-new-year

I like them. They have a distinct East Asian/Chinese look to them. I like the “positions/poses” they’ve chosen for each discipline. The pictograms do a good job of implying motion. I’ll need a while to warm up to the colors and shape, but I think those aspects of the design will grow on me overtime. My personal favorites are Figure Skating and Bobsleigh. 
 

Paralympic pictograms are very well done as well.

[hckošice 15,874]

Kinda (distantly) remind me of Lillehammer 1994

 

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17 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Kinda (distantly) remind me of Lillehammer 1994

 

Yeah, it got those vibes too. It’s almost a mixture of Beijing 2008 and Lillehammer 1994. There’s some similarities to Harbin 2009 as well.

[NearPup 3,635]

Looks both very old school winter Olympics and distinctively Chinese. I like it.

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I really like the animated version of the pictograms.

I like the animated pictograms done by both Tokyo and Beijing. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind if animated pictograms became the new norm (with still versions still available of course).

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Those are awesome!! I like the animated ones better by far. I can do without the still ones. 

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2 hours ago, bmo said:

Those are awesome!! I like the animated ones better by far. I can do without the still ones. 

The still ones are still nice as graphic representations for printed materials and whatnot.

 

I think the animated ones have good possibilities for use in broadcasting, social media, etc.

[NearPup 3,635]

I think the animated pictograms will be a big improvement over the still pictograms for broadcasts.

[Vojthas 949]

The idea of dynamic ones in broadcast is great, but on the website I'd still (nomen omen :P ) prefer the still ones as they are lighter for a device. While having at least four streams open (at Summer Olympics - very least), every KB of RAM is a precious thing.