The posters for the Munich Olympics were designed by Otto ‘Otl’ Aicher. Otl Aicher was an illustrious German graphic designer and typographer whose mandate for the Olympic posters included the proviso that the visual identity of the ’72 games should avoid the use of red and black (which were traditionally associated with Nazi Germany). He devised a magnificent set of 24 posters, including the following vintage posters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Munich Olympics: Yachting – Sailing (Large)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n See more vintage Olympic related posters here<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Limited Quantities Available on all vintage posters.<\/em><\/p>\n Sign-up for our\u00a0newsletter<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>and get\u00a0news, updates and special offers<\/p>\n Limited Runs, the premier destination for discovering and buying the best in original vintage posters, print art and fine art photography, continues to add new items to the site every day and each week we feature some of our latest additions of original vintage film, advertising and rock posters, art prints and photography.<\/p>\n Follow Limited Runs on:<\/p>\n As the 2016 Olympic Summer Games are heating up in Brazil, we look back to past vintage Olympic by German graphic designer Otl (Otto) Aicher. Munich Olympics: Gymnastics by Otl (Otto) Aicher Authentic Vintage Poster From the 1972 Munich Olympics. The posters for the Munich Olympics were designed by Otto ‘Otl’ Aicher. Otl Aicher was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":8025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8020"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8915,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8020\/revisions\/8915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Munich-Olympics-Gymnastics-by-Otl-Otto-Aicher-sm.jpg\" "\\"Munich")
<\/a><\/p>\nMunich Olympics: Gymnastics<\/strong><\/a> by Otl (Otto) Aicher<\/strong><\/a>
\nAuthentic Vintage Poster From the 1972 Munich Olympics.<\/span><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Munich-Olympics-Track-and-Field-by-Otl-Aicher-sm.jpg\" "\\"Munich")
<\/a><\/p>\nMunich Olympics: Track and Field (Large)<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Munich Olympics: Equestrian (Large)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Munich-Olympics-Fencing-by-Otl-Aicher-sm.jpg\" "\\"Munich")
<\/a>Munich Olympics: Fencing<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\nSee all of\u00a0<\/span>Otl (Otto) Aicher<\/a>\u00a0posters<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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