Significant Symbolism

According to the Japanese Prime Minister, the Tokyo Olympics are still planned to go ahead despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Part of that planning process is the design of the event pictograms.

Image: Via tokyo2020.org

The designs are what you would expect: simple, elegant and functional.

They come in a variety of colours and will have free type and frame type versions.

Image: Via tokyo2020.org

Let’s hope they get to use them, but given what is going on around the world, it’s hard to see the event going ahead unless there is a dramatic change in the trajectory of the virus.