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Olympic Design Systems

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What is a design system?

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What is a design system?

-A collection of created assets for a given product, both tangible & intangible elements included.

-In a design system the visible patterns for users must be functional, serving same purpose across each given group e.g. Hyperlinked icons

Tangible (Physical)

-Postcards

-Tickets

-Banners

-Clothing

Intangible (Non -Physical)

-Websites

-Logos

-Coding

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How is a design system organized?

The Design team:

Sets clear goals and purpose of each step throughout the process of creating the system.
Communicates issues, ideas & vision of possible future changes
Create documentation of each update or removal of selected features

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London 2012

Summer Olympic Games

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Introduction

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Introduction

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Introduction

Vancouver 2010

Winter Olympics

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Design Systems in Old Olympic Games

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Mexico 1968

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Los Angeles 1984

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Introduction to New Design

Tokyo 2020

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Logo/Emblem Design

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Pictogram Design

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Colour Scheme

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Sustainable Design

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Contrast between old and new design systems

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Sustainability

Unorthodox Design Process

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Pictogram

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Sustainability