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Originally posted by varwnos
Logos are supposed to have a meaning which at least to a degree is evident, nevermind elaboration on deeper symbolisms. For example the 2004 olympic logo was a 'crown' (not the correct word, but i do not remember it atm) made of olive branches. Such were being given to the winners of the ancient Olympics.
In the london olympics logo i do not see any meaning at all.
Well, if you squint hard enough (which comes naturally to me), the upper left looks sorta like Great Britain, and the upper right looks sorta like how London's area looks.
Or, that's what I hear. The only one I can sorta make out is the upper left.
As far as the lower half, I dunno. Is it supposed to be some distorted Japanese kana?
I like it too, if only because it's not just another variation on the OOOO rings. I don't LOVE it, it's a little bit naff i suppose but everything else lympics related seems a bit predictable. The bbc website comments section is full of naysayers who hate it.
I don't know who's worse, the minority who will defend anything remotely english/at a stretch british (who really defends britain nowadays apart from empirist english people, scots welsh and irish are all more concerned with their own identities than any brit one.) or the seeming majority of people who criticize ANYTHING british. I swear, the people who complain about this logo or european regulation BANANAZ have probably never complimented anything in their life. Apart from the latest diecast trainset from "insert toy train maker here".
That's bull**** and you know it.
I liked the old logo. This new one just... isn't appealing on any level. Just because it's "different" doesn't mean it's good.
The logo looks like some ad agency's work experience product, dreamed up by an ex-public school girl who has just been informed about rap, hip-hop and graffiti.
And who has been deafblind from birth.
Sir Keith Mills, Deputy Chairman of LOCOG said: “The logo and brand identity of the London Games is hugely important. It is the emblem that everyone will identify with and will be used to promote the Games. It needs to be visually attractive, strong and inspirational and must be an effective tool for us to use, to raise sponsorship to help fund the Games”.
It needs to be visually attractive, strong and inspirational
It easily avoids satisfying all those criteria then.
It resembles more the scrunched up chilli sauce stained paper wrappers from kebab shops, windblown, littering London streets on a Friday and Saturday night.
That authentic 21st Century East End feel, then...
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It took me quite a while to figure out those were numbers at all. When I looked at it, it just seemed to be random shapes that didn't visually coalesce into anything.
I would rather see you lot have to live with such an atrocious logo.
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