The typeface Olympukes was born out of frustration with the pictograms designed for the modern Olympic Games. Existing symbols were fine for the Games’ events, but did not reflect the attendant skulduggery, manipulation and greed endemic to the business of the Olympiad. Enter Olympukes, a series of pictograms reflecting the complex contradictions of the modern Olympics in a witty way.

[Barnbrook is not affiliated with, nor has received any endorsement from, the International Olympic Committee, the organising committees of the Olympic Games, or any national Olympic committee.]