The CIA's Alternative Games

Although the nearest that many designers will ever get to Olympic competition is vigorously debating the merits of the London 2012 logo down the pub, Central Illustration Agency is preparing for a year where both the Olympics and Euro 2012 will be ubiquitous, with a new calendar humorously themed around 'alternative games'. Each week showcases a different illustrator's sporting flights of fancy, including 'Bat Football' by Sir Peter Blake, Jimi Crayon's typically colourful celebration of hotdog eating and the puzzling world of two-dimensional parkour, by Toby & Pete.

"I normally go for simplicity when I have a choice, but this time I regarded graphic elegance as a secondary feature," says Jonas Bergstrand. "I wanted to bombard the poster."

"I normally go for simplicity when I have a choice, but this time I regarded graphic elegance as a secondary feature," says Jonas Bergstrand. "I wanted to bombard the poster."

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