12 UK Artists Design #Posters For The #Olympic and #Paralympic Games | If It's Hip, It's Here

12 UK Artists Design Posters For The Olympic and Paralympic Games.:
Posters For The London 2012 Olympic Games:

Rachel Whitehead, lOndOn 2012

Anthea Hamilton, DIVERS

Posters For The London 2012 Paralympic Games:

Michael-Craig Martin, GO

Sarah Morris, BIG BEN 2012

Collection of Olympic Mascot From 1968 to 2014

Collection of Olympic Mascot From 1968 to 2014:

Beijing 2008 - THE FUWA : BEIBEI, JINGJING, HUANHUAN, YINGYING, NINI

Five characters with names from each part of the Chinese phrase "Beijing huan ying ni", which means "Beijing welcomes you". Each representing an Olympic ring and Feng Shui element. [How classy is that?]

WENLOCK & MANDEVILLE

London 2012 . [Not the best looking? Perhaps representing the London Eye ferris wheel]
"The 2012 London Olympic mascots were created from the last two drops of steel used to build the London 2012 Olympic stadium."

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