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2012 Olympics Logo unveiled
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Oh my. What were they thinking?
I recall with the Sydney Olympics they initially had a rainbow squiggle symbolic of the Opera House as the logo = hideous. Then closer to the event they changed it completely to the athlete made from boomerangs = vast improvement (even though I still thought it was ugly). So there may be some hope...
I recall with the Sydney Olympics they initially had a rainbow squiggle symbolic of the Opera House as the logo = hideous. Then closer to the event they changed it completely to the athlete made from boomerangs = vast improvement (even though I still thought it was ugly). So there may be some hope...
Ahhh see I'm not going completely mad...
Wikipedia article: said:
So where are the 'pink bits' in that?
wow. just wow.
when i saw it i thought about starting a thread titled
"the amazingly ugly 2012 london logo", but i see the six hours advantage you have on your side of the pond took care of it.
could this possibly be the worst high profile logo ever? seriously, can anyone come up with anything remotely as bad? anyone?
I think it will just take for bloggers to drum up the blow job angle for a while and then they'll have to change it, because at some point that's all anyone will be able to see.
just overlay it with Lisa performing on Bart, and add a a couple of young and dynamic catch phrases:
"London '12: get excited!"
"Raising your expectations!
besides, what else could the middle 'leg' be?
here is a (cached) link to a list of olympic logos
when i saw it i thought about starting a thread titled
"the amazingly ugly 2012 london logo", but i see the six hours advantage you have on your side of the pond took care of it.
could this possibly be the worst high profile logo ever? seriously, can anyone come up with anything remotely as bad? anyone?
I think it will just take for bloggers to drum up the blow job angle for a while and then they'll have to change it, because at some point that's all anyone will be able to see.
just overlay it with Lisa performing on Bart, and add a a couple of young and dynamic catch phrases:
"London '12: get excited!"
"Raising your expectations!
besides, what else could the middle 'leg' be?
here is a (cached) link to a list of olympic logos
Yep, this seems to be exactly the disconnect that has been going into the various Olympic symbols for decades now. So much effort goes into corporate branding nonsense and not enough into the traditional sort of symbolism that might go into a seal or coat of arms. Not to say that the results should look like that, but a little bit of traditional thinking influencing the process might produce something that wouldn't embarrass entire nations.
Maybe they can salvage that with a cool mascot (yeah, like that's going to happen).
What do you think the odds are that the talk you go to will start something like:
"Well thank you for coming today ladies and gentlemen. In a change to the original schedule our keynote speaker will be Helena Rozanytroche(aged 10), winner of the Blue Peter design competition. Due to unforeseen circumstances our original speaker has left the design industry..."
Dear god, my eyes!
How tacky are those multicoloured squiggles?Is that really an official site or a joke?!!
"2012 Olympic Logo.......TRANSFORM."
If this thing cost £400,000, I wonder what they would have come up with for £800,000??? Maybe instead of the bj, we would have gotten the full-on Bart on Lisa sex scene.
Oh man, that's just painful. Nothing to associate with either London or the Olympics, just a bunch of bad animation and some generic music and images.
Shockingly bad. I'm actually embarrassed
And it's got a 3.26 Gold rating? How?! I reckon all the work placement students at Wollf Ollins have been told to sit there and spend the afternoon voting in its favour...
"F****** hideous" should have been a poll option.
Perhaps they've decided to go with the "any publicity is good publicity" tact? That seems to be the only logical explanation in my book.
I've submitted this thread and a comment using their Contact us form, I'll be curious if anything comes of it.
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