Another page from Design Magazine #237. The balloons feature the original illustration for the ’68 games by Ramirez Vazquez, Eduardo Terrazas (MEX) and Lance Wyman (USA) who designed the “Mexico 68” logo. Wonder if any survived?
Mexico 68 Part 2
11.19.2007
Mexico 68
Mexico 68 ! Wonderful logo ! Dyou know the typo used here ? i read it in a great book on 20 Century’s typo but I forgot…
Not sure what the original was, but I think it might just be an illustration, not an entire typeface. ….The modern equivalent is Mexcellent by Ray Larabie
The balloons did survive. Currently (August 2008), The Modern Art Museum in Mexico City holds a exhibit with the Graphic Design History of Mexico68 and at the entrance you can find 2 of those balloons. The exhibit is really great, a lot of memorabilia.
El arquitecto Eduardo Terrazas vive en la Cd de México y sigue activo con su despacho de arquitectura.