1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics logo

The 1992 Barcelona Olympics logo, designed by Josep Maria Trias, is widely regarded as a landmark in the history of graphic design because it introduced human form and movement to Olympic logos. It influenced many later Olympic logos like Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008, and Rio 2016 which also used stylized human forms and flowing shapes to show movement and emotion. The Barcelona logo set a new direction for Olympic logo design by putting the human figure and the feeling of athletic motion as the focus. As a result, Barcelona 1992 remains one of the most studied and celebrated Olympic logos in design history.