Reflex Magazine – Track & Field: The Best Results

June 2012 - design by onlab
Creative Direction: onlab, Nicolas Bourquin
Art Direction: onlab, Thibaud Tissot
Graphic Design: onlab, Ryan Van Kesteren, Martin Denker
Client: LargeNetwork
Published in Reflex Magazine

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Fewer World Records

June 2012 issue – Since 2011, we are developing, together with LargeNetwork, a series of infographics for the science magazine of the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL).

Experts predict that the human body will reach its physiological limits by 2068. Even before then, sports fans will have fewer opportunities to cheer.

Technical innovations, rule changes and the professionalization of sports brought new records in the 20th century. How much longer can athletes keep improving?

100 meters: will Usain Bolt's record eventually be beaten?

Women: The last record was set in 1988 by Florence Griffith-Joyner
Men: Usain Bolt pulverized records in 2009

High Jump, Pole Vault and Marathon

High Jump: 1968, Dick Fosbury jumps 2,24 m using a new technique
Pole Vault: 1984-1994, Sergey Bubka sets 35 world records
Marathon: Will the 2-hours limit be broken someday?

Cover of Reflex Magazine June 2012

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