Alan Clarke’s Olympic Tube Posters

Many would agree that, since winning the bid for the 2012 Olympics, London hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory when it comes to marketing and design.

Which is a shame, as Britain is home to some talented designers. Take Alan Clarke. Drawing inspiration from the justly celebrated examples of London Underground poster design in its pre- and post-war heyday, Clarke has fashioned a series of navigational posters to help guide visitors and locals to the various Games venues.

Sadly, the posters were created as part of a degree project, and aren’t likely to be used by TfL.

 

  • http://undefined sweek

    These are beautiful – we could do with some classy marketing for 2012 after that horrible logo.

  • M@

    Agreed. Simple and effective. LOCOG could get a major PR win by snapping up this talent.

  • http://www.tiredoflondontiredoflife.com/ Tomtiredoflondon

    These are brilliant.

  • http://undefined diamond geezer

    Fantastic posters, just as gorgeous as they were 18 months ago…
    http://creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/may/olympics-movement-posters

    • DeanN

      Indeed, and well worth flagging up again, as it seems a lot of people (including us) missed them first time round.

    • http://www.tiredoflondontiredoflife.com/ Tomtiredoflondon

      I thought I’d seen them somewhere before…

  • http://undefined Liam

    I agree, there’re fantastic graphic pieces.
    There’s elements of the Mexico and Munich Olympic brands in them – two which are remembered as design classics.

    Have tried to create two more, for athletics and swimming:
    http://liamhoughton.com/gallery/index.php?album=olympics&image=aquatics.jpg
    http://liamhoughton.com/gallery/index.php?album=olympics&image=athletics.jpg

  • DCM

    these are great

  • Youknowwhoiam

    i love these pictures <3