About Plagiarism Allegations
The Story
| 〜2014. October.10 Noon | Mr. Sano submitted the draft to the organizing committee. |
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| 2014. November | Mr. Sano's work is chosen out of 104 submissions. |
During the trademark registration, a slightly similar work is found. The organizing committee decides to change the emblem. |
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| 2015. July.24 |
Mr. Sano's work is published. |
A Belgian design company that registered the logo for a Liege theater pointed out that it is similar to theirs. | |
The suspion also surfaces about the work of Mr.Sano. |
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| August.5 | Mr. Sano holds an interview in which he insists accusations of plagiarism are completely groundless. |
| August.14 | An agent of a Belgian designer announces that legal action is being taken so as to prevent the use of the logo for the International Olympic Committee. |
August.28 | The committee receives much criticism and publishes a draft. |
“His draft is similar to a poster for an exhibition of Mr. Jan Tschichold, the German typographer.” (→The "tweet" that Mr. Sano went there is found.) “There is also a possibility of the diversion without notice” New comment surfaced there. |
September.1 | A meet organizing committee announces that Mr. Sano's work won't be used. |
Jan Tschichold（1902—1974）
This is the picture book sold at the exhibition
❇Jan tschochold
He was born as a sign maker's eldest son. He was also a typographer.
His trsining and knowledge of calligraphy were fused into his typography. So, he was different from other typographers.
He was a leading adrocate of the Modernist Design principle.
The font Mr. Jan Tschichold made, "Waddem Choo"
Reproduced from www.identifont.com(external link), with permission.