The 1996 Summer Centenial Olympic Games Official Venue Map |
 This
is the front cover of the 1996
SUMMER CENTENIAL OLYMPIC GAMES which
was produced by The H.M. Gousha Company in the spring of 1996 and distributed
exclusively by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games at the Summer
Olympic Games in Atlanta in July of 1996 (The Map became
the property of Rand McNally during
the acquisition of Gousha in April 1996). 5,000,000 (five million!)
were printed by Eastwood Printing
of Denver, Colorado and shipped to Atlanta and other key points in
the United States. Map production took more than six months including
all proofing and the printing process itself spanned nearly 2-1/2 months.This
was the last product I worked on, not only the production of, but also
coordinating the printing. The entire map (measuriing approximately
18"
x 34") was produced on a Macintosh computer using primarily Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Quark Xpress.
The film was imaged by Command P of San Antonio under the watchful eye
of Jerry Williams (Who has since taken a key leadership position at Digital
Press & Imaging of
San Antonio). Jerry is what I consider to be the master of digital prepress
in the San Antonio/Austin area. If you were at the Olympic Games, you probably received one
of these maps. If not, well, you didn't. But at least you can see it
here, and I hope this short diatribe was enjoyable and gave you some
insight into the production of this map. |