Japan has a strong connection to Olympic pictograms: they were first used at the Tokyo Games in 1964 as a language-free way of helping people navigate the events. The idea was so successful that ...

Over 50 years since pictograms were first used at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics, Japanese designer Masaaki Hiromura has created 50 new symbols ahead of next year’s event In 1964, Japan took to the world ...