The 1964 Tokyo Olympics. When it comes to design and engineering, nobody does it better than Japan.
It was a major design and cultural shift for Japan. It showed how Japanese designers and architects used the Games to reframe Japan’s global image after World War II, pioneering visual systems and infrastructure that would influence global practice.
Highlights included the first set of universal sports pictograms, modern graphic identity work by Kamekura Yūsaku, and groundbreaking architecture like Tange Kenzō’s Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/press-area/exhibitions/tokyo-1964-designing-tomorrow/