Jesse Owens

How one man’s Olympic design influenced your next trip to the public restroom

February 6, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

German designer Otl Aicher created the pictograms for the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich. His design has influenced not only future Olympic pictograms but many signs we see on a daily basis.

According to history, world politics always on display during Olympics

August 15, 2013Global Politics

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