Artefacts

Mexico 1968, matchbox with the boxing pictogram.

Physical description

Boxing pictogram and Games' emblem.

Created

Created: Seita

Materials

cardboard

Colors

multi coloured

Dimension

3.7 x 5.1 cm, 1.5 cm, 4 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. WEI Yew. The Olympic Image: the first 100 years. Alberta: Ed. Quon, 1996. Comité organisateur des Jeux de la XIXe olympiade. Rapport officiel des XIXes Jeux olympiques d'été de Mexico 1968; Vol. 2. Mexico, 1969. ROUKZADZE, Marie-Hélène. "The pictogram comes full circle". In: Les pictogrammes aux Jeux Olympiques / Olympic Pictograms, décembre 1992, N° 34, pp. 8-19.

Type of item

Souvenirs -> matches (fire)

Reference number

76731

Keywords

Mexico 1968, Olympic Games Boxing emblem Pictogram

Notes

Terrazas and Wyman also designed the pictograms. They opted for the representation of a part that reflected the whole. It was the only time that ideograms would be designed in this manner.