2012 Olympic logo

hairy_hats

The 2012 London Olympic logo[^] appears to be a silhouette of Lisa Simpson giving head. Let's hope that the universally-negative comments make them change it.

Ryan Roberts

I prefer this one[^].

Fred_Smith

Do you ever get the feeling you're in the wrong line of work? £400,000 that piece of sh*t cost! Having worked for years with various graphic artists on projects, I am constantly amazed/dismayed by how much, pro rata, they earn in relation to us coders... and never understood why... an eight year old could come up with a better logo than that! Fred

R Giskard Reventlov

From the article: Launching the brand at the Roundhouse in North London, London 2012 Chair Seb Coe said: "London 2012 will be 'Everyone's Games', everyone's 2012. This is the vision at the very heart of our brand. "It will define the venues we build and the Games we hold and act as a reminder of our promise to use the Olympic spirit to inspire everyone and reach out to young people around the world. "It is an invitation to take part and be involved." What a twat: this looks like bird vomit: I wonder if the old-farts that run the Olympics will object: it is the stoopidist logo I've ever had the misfortume to lay my eyes on. It sucks and we should be ashamed of the message it gives.

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hairy_hats

"When people see the new brand, we want them to be inspired to make a positive change in their life,” Mr Blair said. Presumably instead of getting totally pissed off at the waste of £400K the new brand actually is, and wishing that he had gone as soon as he announced his resignation instead of wasting millions of taxpayer's money on a jolly to Africa.

AndyKEnZ

It's not very good is it? Looks like a logo for an Ecstasy pill or an advertisement for one that carries the Olympic rings on it. Hey maybe that's were what the graphic designers were doing when they came up with the idea.

hairy_hats

AndyKEnZ wrote:

It's not very good is it?

The ones sent into the BBC by people who had knocked one up in half an hour are much better. I want my £400,000 back.

Sathesh Sakthivel

The logo doesn't looks good. :mad:

Regards, Satips.:rose:

AndyKEnZ

I could them one for half that price, it'd be a stick man sitting on a stick chair watching some stick athletes, there's be a stick surveillance camera pointed at the back of the seated stick man's head :laugh:

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Yeah baby! Yeah!!! Behave!! Good pr0n man. Thanks!

R Giskard Reventlov

The only consolation for me is that I just moved out of Livinston land so shan't be paying the £25 a year for 20 years (Yeah: like that'll be the end of it) that all Londonistaners pay toward the fiasco that the Olympics will become. And don't get me started on Tony B Liar and Gordon Broon. They're spit-roasting the UK.

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Dan Neely

digital man wrote:

The only consolation for me is that I just moved out of Livinston land so shan't be paying the £25 a year for 20 years (Yeah: like that'll be the end of it) that all Londonistaners pay toward the fiasco that the Olympics will become.

a temporary tax? :wtf::omg::wtf::omg: My sympathies, the US only just got rid of a century old one dating back to the Spanish-American war. The only known substance with a longer half life is an emergency spending measure. X|

-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

Lost User

How long will it be before the logo is changed and changed it probably will be, the many sponsors will make their opinions known. After all, would you use a distinctly amateurish logo alongside your own company's slick livery. Imagine the Coca Cola corporate identity embracing the logo as it now is - probably unthinkable!

R Giskard Reventlov

dan neely wrote:

a temporary tax?

I don't think it's called a tax :-) It is purely to pay for the Olympics and is added to the council tax that Londoners pay. I have to say, though, that I think your local taxes are far higher than in the UK but you do get much better services. We don't have a clue.

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Maximilien

That's an ugly logo.

Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

Lost User

Looks like someone pulled that one out of their ass.

The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. - John Adams

Michael Sadlon

http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/2007/06/lisa_simpson_gi.html 'nuff said.