The typeface Olympukes (olympics + puke = olympukes) was born out of a frustration with the pictograms designed for the past few Olympics. The previous symbols did not reflect the true nature of the event, instead portraying some woolly idea of the ultimate in human endeavour with no acknowledgement of the skulduggery, manipulation and greed endemic to the games. Enter Olympukes, a series of pictograms which wittily take the ultimate designer’s commission and accurately reflect the complex contradictions of the modern olympics.
Please note that Barnbrook is in no way affiliated or have received any endorsement from the International Olympic Committee, the organising committees of the Olympic Games or any national Olympic committee.
