Strahlenkranz (radiant garland)

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Strahlenkranz (radiant garland) is the stylized, radiating wreath emblem designed by Otl Aicher that served as the distinctive visual symbol of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf emblem
graphic symbol
logo
associatedWith Munich 1972 visual identity
Olympic Games
Olympic design
category Olympic symbols
logos by Otl Aicher
cityOfEvent Munich
colorScheme multicolored
commissionedBy Organizing Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad Munich 1972
countryOfEvent West Germany
designedBy Otl Aicher
designerRole graphic designer
designStyle minimalist
modernist
documentedIn design histories of the Munich 1972 Olympics
function distinctive visual symbol of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics
hasEnglishName radiant garland
hasLiteralMeaning radiant wreath
influenced subsequent Olympic visual identities
languageOfName German
medium graphic design
movement International Typographic Style (influence)
notableFor clarity and simplicity of form
coherent integration into signage and publications
partOf Munich 1972 corporate design system
relatedTo Otl Aicher’s pictogram system for Munich 1972
replaced traditional heraldic Olympic emblems
symbolizes celebration
festive atmosphere of the Games
openness
radiance
usedFor 1972 Summer Olympics
Munich 1972 Olympic Games
usedOn merchandise for the 1972 Munich Olympics
posters for the 1972 Munich Olympics
programs for the 1972 Munich Olympics
tickets for the 1972 Munich Olympics
wayfinding signage at the 1972 Munich Olympics
visualForm radiating circular motif
stylized wreath
yearOfEvent 1972

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
1972 Summer Olympics
logoMotif

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