奧運會是全球最大的運動賽事,自1972年德國慕尼黑首個官方吉祥物問世以來,歷屆的吉祥物設計經常精準表現出舉辦國家或城市的文化符碼,甚至成為國家獨特的文化標誌。每一屆的吉祥物設計不論是設計手法還是符號應用都各具特色。奧運吉祥物的設計風格歷“晚現代”、“後現代”、及21世紀初的“元現代”,形式風格顯有變化。本研究選擇了在1972年至2022年奧委會發佈的26款吉祥物進行內容分析。研究發現,2000年後在配色上更加簡約,這也完全符合了現當代的設計風格趨勢。使用人文符號元素的計18款,自然符號則計8款。在手法上共計21款使用了擬人手法,4款使用了動物創作手法,只有1款使用了真人創作手法,幾乎所有吉祥物都選用以動物為設計原型,而在2000年後出現了大批的未來虛構、擬人手法創作的吉祥物。同時發現1972年首個吉祥物出現正呼應“後現代主義”強調親和性、大眾化特色精神的興起,但手法仍保守使用平面色塊分割的現代主義風格。隨著“後現代”的發展,無論是多元表現、自然手法的表現,都有著不同程度的進展。至本世紀初再度回歸現代主義輕簡風格。
The Olympic Games is a global large-scale event, in the design of the mascot also need to have an understanding of the host city, with the mascot as the carrier, and some of the symbolic design needs to be used as a unique cultural symbol of the country. mascot. Since the first official mascot was introduced in 1972, each mascot design has been unique in both design techniques and symbol applications. The study selected 26 mascots released by the Olympic Committee from 1972 to 2022 for content analysis. The study found that most mascots used more colors from 1972 to 1996, while after 2000, the color matching was more simple, which was also fully in line with the design style trend at that time. 18 models use humanistic symbol elements, and nature symbols account for 8 models. In terms of technique, a total of 21 models use anthropomorphism, 4 models use animals, only 1 model uses real people, and almost all mascots use animals as prototypes.