OLYMPICS /
Cultural Olympics
Chinese Characters or Drawings?
Chinaculture.org
Updated: 2008-08-09 13:35
When the rubbing effect is applied to sports pictograms, the powerful contrast between black and white renders a vivid beauty of the sport events, while the movement shapes of the pictograms perfectly represent the passion and dynamic nature of the sports.
The pictograms combine the visual charm of inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells and bronze wares in ancient China with the simplicity of the modern graphics. The design not only well features the particular movement and dynamism of each sports event, but also is easy to recognize and remember.
