Artefacts

Munich 1972, ashtray with the sports pictograms.

Physical description

Triangular shape with the pictograms, Olympic symbols and the emblems in squares.

Created

Created: Otl AICHER Created: Gerhard JOKSCH Created: Andreas FAHRNI

Materials

porcelain

Colors

orange, white

Dimension

9 x 9 x 1.5 cm, 56 g

Literature

Témoins d'une certaine image des Jeux / Evoking an Image of the Games. Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 2003. 148 p. ISBN 92-9160-074-1.

Type of item

Souvenirs -> ashtray

Reference number

89839

Keywords

Munich 1972, Olympic Games Olympic symbol emblem Pictogram

Notes

Even if the Games are rarely an opportunity to invent new objects, they are often representative of the feeling of the times. As a result, at the 1972 Games in Munich, the decorative energy of the pictograms and the joyful colour palette became a part of the competition venues, and appeared on many souvenirs.