The Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters project has been nominated for the best graphic design award at this year's London Design Museum's annual exhibition and awards.
Since the early 20th century, posters have been created by Organising Committees of the Olympic Games to promote and advertise this major sporting and cultural event. Olympic posters also play the role of showcasing the special features of each Games to the world.
Recently, official posters have been created by internationally-renowned artists and designers aimed at leaving cultural and artistic legacies for the individual Olympic and Paralympic Games. These posters include works that are now regarded as iconic.
For the Tokyo 2020 Games, artists will create works based on the theme of the Olympic or Paralympic Games and use them as posters to build momentum in the period leading up to the Games.
Posters for the Olympics
![HARMONIZED CHEQUERED EMBLEM STUDY FOR TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES [EVEN EDGED MATTERS COULD FORM HARMONIZED CIRCLE WITH RULE]](https://gtimg.tokyo2020.org/image/private/f_auto,t_article-gallery-slider-desktop-padded/production/h6vaxzf2g1ujx2ltnrp1)
Posters for the Paralympics
![HARMONIZED CHEQUERED EMBLEM STUDY FOR TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES [EVEN EDGED MATTERS COULD FORM HARMONIZED CIRCLE WITH RULE]](https://gtimg.tokyo2020.org/image/private/f_auto,t_article-gallery-slider-desktop-padded/production/qbikbftvdvgoqfjbl6tc)
Artist Selection Committee members
As of December 2019
| Masanori Aoyagi |
Chairman, Tokyo 2020 Culture and Education Commission Chairman of Board of Directors, Tama Art University Director General, Archaeogical Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo |
| Yuji Akimoto |
Member of Tokyo 2020 Culture and Education Commission Director and Professor of the University Arts Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Director, Nerima Art Museum |
| Sumiko Imai |
Member of Tokyo 2020 Advisory Meeting Environmental Designer |
| Hiroshi Imanaka |
Member of Tokyo 2020 Culture and Education Commission President, Social Welfare Foundation SOOHKAI Creative Director, Atelier Incurve |
| Teiya Iwabuchi | Editor in Chief of BIJUTSUTECHO |
| Noriko Kawakami | Design Journalist |
| Mineko Orisaku | Member of Tokyo 2020 Culture and Education Commission Photographer, Professor, Osaka University of Arts |
| Tsuyoshi Tane | Architect Founder, Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects |
| Tomoko Yabumae | Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo |