Athens 2004 | Design Focus

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When the Olympic Games finally returned home to Athens, the eyes of the world were drawn to a uniquely Greek design program.
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[@krokodil191]

I was only 13 and I remember watching this games all summer...time really go fast

[@telodigoentucara]

I was 11 😀

[@magoogam2]

My favorite look of the games and opening ceremony everrrr.

[@nasrullahakbarramadhani3795]

My favorite edition of olympics of all time love from Indonesia ❤️

[@tomato_6681]

I was in Athens a week ago and I visited the Panathenaic stadium. I absolutely love it (made of marble). Definitely worth visiting.

[@TheDangosan]

I was but a little kid weeks short of first grade when the Olympics came back to Greece. Needless to say, I was hyped. In my opinion, Athens 2004 was the best.
Does anybody remember that special Vangelis promotional video? That was amazing. Somebody should commission Yuki Kajiura to promote Tokyo 2020.

[@vgb1414]

The look and feel of Athens 2004 was meaningful, amazing.

[@manospapas5349]

Their work was beautiful! Congrats to everyone involved!

[@hamgil]

They need to bring back the olive wreath!!

[@giacomopieropan1141]

best olympics ever

[@lorenzsanjuan]

Keep in mind that this olympics ignited the greek euro crisis. Nevertheless, this olympics showed the best cultural presentation ever, even the Beijing 2008 one.

[@Miltiades178]

Worth it in my opinion

[@irthamepali]

The olympics were just a drop in the ocean of our public debt. We joined the eurozone without meeting the criteria for it (and everybody in europe knew it and gave us the green light, knowing full well what was about to happen)

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Every Olympiad I get curious about what additional prizes are handed out to the medalists along with the medals themselves. Athens 2004 had laurel wreaths placed on the athletes’ heads (very Greek), Rio 2016 handed out these wooden sculptures of the Olympic logo and PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 both incorporated the mascots into the venue ceremony prizes. In PyeongChang, the prize was a plushie of Soohorang the white tiger with streamers attached to it while the Beijing prize is Bing Dwen Dwen with a laurel wreath around it. Now I’m curious about Paris 2024. Eiffel Tower figurines perhaps? The mascots haven’t even been picked out for those games yet, but a previous Olympiad taking place in France did. The mascot for the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville was Magique, a star-shaped snow imp

[@apoked]

I loved the 2004 Olympics

[@plmarciniak]

Great series. I love Olympics and Its design - great to meet people behind it. Athens - one of pinnacle of Olympics design.❤

[@Etruscus]

Fantastic logo!

[@tseg27]

Anybody know anything about the Artbook that appears on 1:25? Looks like it would be an amazing read.

[@geldergc1]

É pra esfregar esse vídeo na fuça do Comitê Rio 2016 e bosta que eles fizeram com o look of the games dos jogos do Rio. Usain Bolt ganhando o tri nos 100m rasos e o que se vê na arquibancada?! Concreto! Naaada de "look of the games"!

[@magoogam2]

Concordo plenamente.

[@MatheusGoblet]

Oi? Você viu a olimpíada errado. O visual de Rio foi completamente marcante, eu olho as competições e o verde particular dos cenários construídos pros jogos ficam extremamente evidentes, aliás nenhuma outra olimpíada usou um verde tão vivido como cor em cenário antes

[@sonudigregoriomccall]

I like this video very good 😍😘😘

[@belle_1227]

Like it

[@aser_eslamm]

cool

[@hanifchusnul2301]

Tokyo?

[@oscarchacalnerd4108]

And when Moscow 1980 design focus will appear??

[@nnaw3404]

Interesting. 🤔

[@nacht98]

So the Greek Olympic ceremony was actualy planned in the UK?? I was always convinced it was put together by greeks and greek creativity..I was wrong..

[@nadinos]

Dimitris Papaioannou (Greek) was the director, choreographer and it was all his vision. What the UK offered was the technology to accomodate his vision.

[@tedmink7568]

It was done by a Greek director who also did the Baku 2015 games, Most of the work was done by Greece.

[@ry4nk]

Lit

[@queenbee1984]

These Olympics were a mess. The olympics had started and the preparations were still underway and mostly never finished. And it basically helped add to the country’s financial debt.

[@SteliosAxios]

Are you serious? Nothing of what you said is correct. These olympics can not be compared with any other olympics because of the unique spirit and inspiration that gave to the world.

[@JoaoPessoa86]

I found the 04 cauldron a little disappointing, a bit too reminiscent of a cigarette

[@tedmink7568]

Its a column representing technology.

[@MsNomove]

Athens olympics was a disaster

[@SteliosAxios]

Your comment is a disaster.

[@aser_eslamm]

cool

[@aser_eslamm]

cool

[@aser_eslamm]

cool

[@aser_eslamm]

cool