London 2012 Olympic Games

As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games come to a close, we wanted to share some Designhouse Olympic history.

In 2005, the then President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, announced that London would host the Games for a third time.

To commemorate the greatest sporting spectacle on earth returning to the capital, we were delighted to collaborate with Nick Knight on a range of Royal Mail stamps.

The Royal Mail stamp designs actually originated from Knight’s award-winning photography for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. When London won the bid to host the 2012 Games, Royal Mail reissued these iconic dynamic sports photography designs as a special 1st Class miniature sheet

These designs demonstrate how creativity and athleticism can come together to showcase something beautiful and inspirational. As well as the power that branding has to represent elite sportsmen and women and frame record-breaking triumphs.

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