Olympic Design Manuals

The Design Manuals are the graphic core of each Olympic Games. These manuals contain all elements for a systematic design of the events. Without these guidelines the presentation of the Games would be totally chaotic. The design guidelines also called “Graphic Standards”, ”Graphic Manuals”, “Usage Guidelines”, “Design Manuals” and many other expressions were first published in Tokio 1964. Although simple they covered the typical elements of modern guidelines such as the emblems, colours, mascots, slogan, typography, Look of the Games, main marks, pictograms and much, much, more...

Printed Design Manuals, 1964 - 2002

Since 2004 only digital manuals have been produced.