Designing the Olympics

The Olympics is the ultimate branding opportunity... logos, individual event graphics, medals, uniforms, signage and countless other graphics centered around the international sporting event. Fast Company has a nice gallery of Olympic design, that features some of the Vancouver 2010 identity. Looking back in time, I found a great post from MB Web Design on Olympic logos from 1896 (when there weren't official logos but some beautiful posters) up to designs from candidate cities for 2016. Check out this history of Olympic logos and let me know your favorites in the comments.