Olympic editorial reports in newspapers & magazines, interviews (television and radio) lectures, exhibitions & awards
2024
24. August 2024
Television interview – on Swiss television (TVO) about Markus Osterwalder’s Olympic collection,
including questions about the Paris 2024 Games.
05. July – 03. November
2024
Exhibition: Sport, Art & The
Body
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United
Kingdom
.
Support for the exhibition with information, images, and graphics, as well as various loans from the Osterwalder Collection, such as the 4-man bobsleigh
from the 1920 era on this image.
31. July 2024
The Washington Post – "The Sports Pictograms from Paris 2024"
How did it come about that the pictograms look so different from the usual style, and has
the meaning of the pictograms changed?
27. January 2024
Lecture – "The Furture of Olympic Legacy"
At the Olympic Museum of BiH, Sarajevo, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the XIV Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo 1984.
2023
30. August 2023
Article in Journal of Olympic History 02-2023, page 40-43, Wu Guanying |
1955–2022, The mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, by Markus Osterwalder
.
25 July 2023
BBC News - Interview | About the unveiling and the new design of the Torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Expertise on the new torch design by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur and how it compares to older torches from past Olympic
Games.
.
ISOH Secretary General Markus Osterwalder’s two volume history has won first prize as the best Olympic book in the inaugural Festival of Olympic and Sports Literature.
The competition was held during the 27th World Olympic Collectors Fair (WOCF) in Paris from June 23-25, 2023. The fair was organised by International Association of Olympic Collectors (AICO) an organisation recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
25. June 2023
“Olympic Games – The Design”ISOH Secretary General Markus Osterwalder’s two volume history has won first prize as the best Olympic book in the inaugural Festival of Olympic and Sports Literature.
The competition was held during the 27th World Olympic Collectors Fair (WOCF) in Paris from June 23-25, 2023. The fair was organised by International Association of Olympic Collectors (AICO) an organisation recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
.
30. April 2023
Article in the Journal of Olympic History 01-2023, Paris 2024 Games Look Revealed, by Markus
Osterwalder
2022
05. December 2022
Editorial Report published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) in
Germany" with the title "70'000 objects",
written by Mira Sutter/Switzerland
03. September 2022
Presentation of unknown und forgotten images from the Olympic Games in Munich 1972 during the General Assembly'22 of the International Society of Olympic
Historians inside the Olympic Park in Munich/Germany
14. July 2022
Panel discussion on the exhibition, moderation: Christopher Young, Guests: Carsten de Riese, Michael Burke and Markus
Osterwalder
Pinakothek der
Moderne, "Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum"
Munich/Germany
08. July – 03. October 2022
Exhibition | Designing for the Olympic Games,
Pinakothek der Moderne – Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum,
Munich/Germany
16. February 2022
.
Editorial Report "Olympic Games as a job, hobby and passion" – Swiss newspaper – "Herisauer Nachrichten" by Tobias
Baumann
.
03. February 2022
TV Interview about the upcoming Winter Games in Beijing 2022
"Schweiz Aktuell" Swiss television SRF by Philipp Inauen
January 2022
Editorial Report "Beijing 2022" The Olympic Design of Winter Games by Fred Grimm2021
26. October 2021
Lecture and exhibition "Olympic Design" Schule für Gestaltung SFG
St.Gallen/Switzerland
26. October 2021
Exhibition | "Olympic Design" Schule für Gestaltung SfG
St.Gallen/Switzerland
October 2021
Editorial
report "Die Ostschweiz", Five rings for Markus Osterwalder
.
15. October 2021 – 06. March 2022
Exhibition | Deutsches Design 1949-1989
Dresden/Germany
.
20 July
2021
Opening Online
lecture "Olympic Language-Exploring the Look of the Games"
Ginza Graphic Gallery
Tokyo/Japan
.
20. July – 28. August 2021
Exhibition | Olympic Language - Exploring the Look of the
Games
Ginza Graphic Gallery
Tokyo/Japan
August 2021
20. March – 05. September 2021
Online
Interview "GSHA Sports Culture TV" by Homa
Taj Nassab
New York/USA
.
Exhibition | Deutsches Design 1949-1989
Vitra Design Museum
Weil am Rhein/Germany
2020
09. December 2020
Online Interview "PMI, Project Management Institute" about the book project
"Olympic Games - The Design"
New York/USA
.
20. October 2020
Lecture "Management of an Olympic project"
Fachhochschule FHSG
St.Gallen/Switzerland
.
September 2020
Editorial Report "Tokyo 2020" The Olympic Design of Summer Games
.
July 2020
Editorial Report – Magazine "Novum-The world of graphic Design 07.20"
.
April
2020
Editorial
report "Appenzeller Magazin No.4" Nobody knows the Olympic
design better than him
.
March
2020
Editorial
report "Inside the Games" Tokyo 2020 poised
for merchandising sales boost after postponement by Philip Barker
.
February
2020
Editorial report
"Metropolis", Olympic Games—The Design Documents Over a Century of Olympic
Visual Identities by Angela Reichers
.
January 2020
Editorial report "Olympic Review",
Official publication of the International Olympic Committee, No. 114
2019
31.
December 2019
Editorial
report "Spiegel Online", Olympic Games – The Design,
interview done by Urs Arnold
.
December
2019
Swiss Newspaper "Herisauer
Nachrichten", More
than sports
.
28 – 29 November
2019
Book vernissage and
lecture "Olympic Games – The
Design"
Altes Zughaus,
Herisau/Switzerland
.
31.
October 2019
Book vernissage
– "Olympic Games – The
Design"
Bücherbogen am
Savignyplatz
Berlin/Germany
September 2019
Newsletter "Olympin, issue
No. 151", Olympic Games – The Design,
Interview done by Ron Finnigan from Canada
.
27. June 2019
Design Magazine
"Creative Review", A new book is chronicling the design history of the Olympic Games
by Megan Williams
London/UK
.
11. March 2019
Online
report &Interview "Homepage International Olympic Committee" – The Olympic pictograms, a long and
fascinating story by Jean Michael Poliakov
.
February 2019
Swiss Newspaper "Appenzeller Zeitung",
Graphic designer Markus Osterwalder is working on a book about
the design of the Olympic Games
.
03. January
2019
Swiss Newspaper "Appenzeller
Zeitung", People 2018 | Olympic Games
expert
2018
September 2018
Editorial Report "The learning of a
new world language – "Olympian"" published in the Journal of Olympic History"
Official publication of the
International Society of Olympic Historians
.
September 2018
TV Interview "Olympic Channel" Design Focus Serie by David White
Madrid/Lausanne
.
August 2018
Swiss Newspaper "St.Galler
Zeitung" Design Exhibition at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne/Switzerland
.
August
2018
Swiss Newspaper
"Appenzeller Zeitung" Herisauer exhibits in Lausanne at the Olympic Museum
.
June 2018 – October
2019
Book project | Olympic Games
– The Design
Switzerland/Germany
.
May
2018
Editorial
report "Inside the Games" Olympic
Language – A journey through the Look of the Games by Philip Barker
.
10. May 2018 – 17. March
2019
Exhibition | Olympic
Language - Exploring the Look of the Games
Olympic
Museum
Lausanne/Switzerland
10. May 2018 – 17. March 2019
Swiss Radio Interview "FM1
Today"
Exhibition | Olympic
Language - Exploring the Look of the Games
Olympic
Museum
Lausanne/Switzerland
.
February 2018
Swiss Radio interview
"Swiss Radio SRF1-Treffpunkt"
.
February 2018
Swiss Newspaper "Appenzeller
Zeitung" Report about the Winter Games in
PyeongChang 2018, Titel: The Olympic Archivist
.
February
2018
2017
14. October – 09. December 2017
Tokyo/Japan
2016
October
2016
Editorial Report "IMOS Newsletter"
Germany,
The mascot from Innsbruck 1976 becomes
40
.
09. August – 08. October
2016
Exhibition | Design and Utopia of the
Games
CRAB Museum (Centro Sebrae de Referencia do Artesanato
brasileiro)
Rio de
Janeiro/Brasil
August
2016
Radio interview "Südwest
Rundfunk SWR" Germany
.
July
2016
Swiss Magazine
"Ostschweizer Anzeiger" When to have your own Olympic
museum
.
June 2016
Swiss Newspaper
"St.Galler Nachrichten" The new position as
Secretary General of the
International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH).
.
June 2016
Editorial
Report "360° Concept and Design Magazine"
Shanghai/China
.
April 2016
Editorial Report "The simple
Things"
London/UK
2014
29.
August
2014
Lecture
"Rotary
Club
Bodensee"
Olympic
Games
from
a
different
angle
.
March
2014
Editorial
Report
"Olympic
pictograms
are
understood
by
everyone"
published
in
the
Journal
of
Olympic
History"
from
the
International
Society
of
Olympic
Historians
.
Swiss Newspaper "Herisauer
Zeitung" Report about the Winter Games in
Sochi 2014
.
February 2014
Swiss Newspaper "Appenzeller
Zeitung" Report about the Winter Games
in Sochi 2014
.
February
2014
Radio interview
"Swiss Radio
SRF"
.
February
2014
Swiss Newspaper
"Appenzeller Zeitung" preparations for the Olympic
Winter Games in Sochi 2014
.
February
2014
Swiss Newspaper
"Herisauer Zeitung" about collecting Olympic
Memorabilia and the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi
2014
.
February
2014
TV Interview "Tele
Top" Swiss television
broadcaster
.
February
2014
Radio interview
"Swiss Radio
SRF"
2013
May
2013
Swiss
Magazin "Schweizer Illustrierte" with
Chritine Stückelberger, Olympic Champion,
Montréal 1976
2012
August
2012
Swiss
Newspaper
"Appenzeller
Zeitung" about
London
2012
.
August
2012
Report &
Interview during
the London 2012
Olympic Games about
Olympic Collecting.
German Television
(Deutsche Welle,
DW) produced by
Robert
Richter
.
July
2012
Radio
interview
"Swiss
Radio
SRF"
.
January
2012
Radio
interview
"Swiss
Radio SRF"
Olympic
Collecting and
preparations to
the London 2012
Olympic
Games
.
January
2012
Editorial
contribution
"Innsbruck
informiert" YOG
(Youth Olympic
Winter Games in
Innsbruck
2012)
2011
16. September
2011
Lecture
"Rotary
Club
Bodensee"
Olympic
Games
from
a
different
angle
2010
April
2010
TV
Interview
–
Talkshow
"Aeschbacher"
Swiss
television
broadcaster
SRF
Zürich/Switzerland
2008
October
2008
Lecture
"Rotary
Club
Appenzell"
Olympic
Games
from
a
different
angle
2006
February
2006
Various
press
reports
in
local
newspapers
about
the
exhibition
"Fascination
Olympic
Games"
in
eastern
Switzerland
.
01.
–
25.
February
2006
Exhibition
|
"Fascinating
Olympic
Games"
in
seven
location
all
over
eastern
Switzerland
St.Margrethen,
Romanshorn,
Schaffhausen,
Abtwil,
Frauenfeld,
Winterthur
&
Wetzikon