London 2012 Olympic logo unveiled

[Ember*]

This striking new logo for the London 2012 Olympics has been unveiled but what do you think of it?

It also comes in Blue, green and orange

http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/hp/logo2.jpg



http://uk.yahoo.com/r/ty/30/pt

[Tsukiyomi]

That logo is horrible, who the hell came up with that?

[Edo]

UGLY...my eyes are hurting!!!

[Ember*]

Man, I live in London aswell lol, the logo is crap and It is not good at all, I mean who the hec designed It, was the person who designed it on crack, its awful errrr.

[AbnormallyNormal]

it loooks kind of lame to be frank

[Hope]

Shite logo. Can't they think of anything better ? :notrust

[Lux inactive]

Stupid. I don't like it at all.

[Marl]

As an Englishman, I can safely say that logo brings great dishonour to our country.

Seriously. That's just a pile of crap. I could do better. -.-

[Amaretti]

It's not memorable, it's not snappy, it's hard to read...

I wonder how many millions this cost?

[Metric]

Its horrible. I wonder who are the retards they paid extortionate sums to design it.

[Dionysus]

It looks like stylised rubbish. Or shrapnel. (Political message? :nuts Nah.)

[Marl]

If you squint REALLY hard, you can just about make out that is says

20
12

Which is shite, because it should be easily read and recognisable. Bleeeeagh.

[Ember*]

As an Englishman, I can safely say that logo brings great dishonour to our country.

Seriously. That's just a pile of crap. I could do better. -.-

I agree man, It brings our country down big time, what fools, what are they thinking, Its not a graffiti contest!

[Jaga]

lol thats a bad logo

[Rampant Delusions]

That logo is awesome.

[Hi Im God]

Looks like a fucked up R-type logo.

http://www.shopresponse.com/jdm_civic_ek_type_r_decal_rear.jpg

[impersonal]

The Paris 2012 logo was much better... I mean, just compare these logos:

http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/hp/logo2.jpg


http://paris8info.blogspirit.com/images/medium_paris2012.jpg

Damn... we should have hosted these games...

[Ember*]

That logo is awesome.

wha???

The Paris 2012 logo was much better...
http://paris8info.blogspirit.com/images/medium_paris2012.jpg


I agree

[Lycanthropy]

..............

Atleast it's unique :sweat

[GrimaH]

I googled "Olympics 2012" and got this instead:

http://akuse.com/Blog/blog_pics/politics/olympics.jpg

:headscrat

[Woofie]

The Paris 2012 logo was much better... I mean, just compare these logos:

http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/hp/logo2.jpg


http://paris8info.blogspirit.com/images/medium_paris2012.jpg

Damn... we should have hosted these games...


That's not a fair comparison, because that was just the logo for Paris's campaign, it would almost certainly have been different for the event itself.

London's campaign logo was different:
http://www.scilt.stir.ac.uk/images/London20201220Olympics20logo.jpg


Still, I can't believe they chose this as the actual logo for the games. It's bad. x_x But Olympic logos usually do look pretty rubbish IMO, so it isn't too unusual. The only one I remember liking was Barcelona.

[GrimaH]

Posting 'cause I can't see the 2nd page.

edit: They should've used the campaign logo instead :lmao

[Vom Osten]

This striking new logo for the London 2012 Olympics has been unveiled but what do you think of it?

It also comes in Blue, green and orange

http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/hp/logo2.jpg



http://uk.yahoo.com/r/ty/30/pt

All right, who hired the Picasso zombie?!

[Edo]

The Athens logos were great...lol
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Athens2004_bid.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/Athens_2004_logo.jpg/372px-Athens_2004_logo.jpg

Really couldn't they have put London bridge or bigben as a log....cliche but still I am sure it would have been a lot better!

[T4R0K]

http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/hp/logo2.jpg

http://uk.yahoo.com/r/ty/30/pt

Aww fuck it's weird !! Call me pervy minded, but it looks like a woman kneeling to suck the lower region of a guy holding her head in position !! It wouldn't surprise me from English artists...

I really prefer the one GrimaH found !!

[Ember*]

Aww fuck it's weird !! Call me pervy minded, but it looks like a woman kneeling to suck the lower region of a guy holding her head in position !! It wouldn't surprise me from English artists...

I really prefer the one GrimaH found !!

lol, you know what, your right XD, that looks so wrong :laugh

[sel]

It's not memorable, it's not snappy, it's hard to read...

I wonder how many millions this cost?

I doubt we have many millions left for the IOC to spend since the cost has gone up six-fold to £12 million

I mean why do we always fuck things up. I seriously hope that they change it

[Rampant Delusions]

Id like to see you guys do better

How they decided on the logo
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=7sK3AqFYAWQ)

[Edo]

Id like to see you guys do better

How they decided on the logo
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=7sK3AqFYAWQ)

Don't test us!! :P

[ikra]

they spen £400 000 to get this logo apparently... people power, we desperately need to change that logo its like a woman giving a blow*ob to some guy. Sh*t this is bad for london

[kidloco]

what that??

i have see better of the old ones

[Arios]

Apparently they designed this with the view of it directly appealing to the younger generation...when I saw it I just thought :huh

[Rotc Girl]

Aww fuck it's weird !! Call me pervy minded, but it looks like a woman kneeling to suck the lower region of a guy holding her head in position !! It wouldn't surprise me from English artists...

I really prefer the one GrimaH found !!

Now that you say that, I see it. Eww, wonder if they thought about that while they were designing it.

[Freiza]

that logo sucks

[T4R0K]

that logo sucks

You noticed it too ? Crazy brits... Inserting sexual innuendos everywhere...

[Beau Logan]

It looks like someone puked the early 90s.

[Edo]

You noticed it too ? Crazy brits... Inserting sexual innuendos everywhere...

NO...inyourendo.....lol couldn't resist, that clip from Scrubs cracks me up!!

sorry:oh

[Catterix]

Oh God. Quit bitching and complaining.

Every logo looks shit at first, they always do when they're trying something new. Most people asked on the street of London didn't like it much, saying it was "too messy" or "weak".

It takes time for logos to grow on us.

lol I can remember the fuss made when Microsoft and Hotmail for the Butterfly as their logo. Everyone just bitched for ages. Now its considered really cool

[sel]

You noticed it too ? Crazy brits... Inserting sexual innuendos everywhere...

No sex please. We're British

[NeonRoses]

Id like to see you guys do better

Sure then.

My logo -

Olympics 2012

See? Much better.

[impersonal]

You noticed it too ? Crazy brits... Inserting sexual innuendos everywhere...

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/04/london_2012_olympic_.html

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1050/529967993_3e798bbd97.jpg

[T4R0K]

ARG LOL BORDEL, HUGO !! I was drinking water just now !! HAHAHAHA !! Need to wipe now, lol.

[Edo]

LMAO...reps for Hugo

edit: damn it all out of rep...Hugo you'll have to wait :(

[sel]

it actually is. And we didnt pay him £400k

[Dionysus]

Oh God. Quit bitching and complaining.

Every logo looks shit at first, they always do when they're trying something new. Most people asked on the street of London didn't like it much, saying it was "too messy" or "weak".

It takes time for logos to grow on us.

lol I can remember the fuss made when Microsoft and Hotmail for the Butterfly as their logo. Everyone just bitched for ages. Now its considered really cool

You are assuming it's a good enough logo for it to grow on people. It's too terrible, in my opinion. It's nothing I would want adorning my building. (Of course, I'd likely be sued were I to place one since the IOC is an anal org.)

And if they design it well enough it's be loved by lots of people. But, I've noticed Olympic committees are terrible at choosing logos. Or perhaps they limit their designs from the outset.

[impersonal]

Still on the bbc's servers:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43006000/jpg/_43006883_sean_stayte_416.jpg

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W_gInR3gXs

(make sure you watch that video, the music is perfect)

[Cesc Fabregas]

well all im saying is that graffiti on the district line is going to rocket in the next couple of years...........

[Dionysus]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/semptimilius/LongonLogo.jpg

[Catterix]

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/04/london_2012_olympic_.html

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1050/529967993_3e798bbd97.jpg

LOL What's brilliant, is knowing most kids here, that might not have been accidental.

[xpeed]

That's a shite logo. Students at my graphic design class designs better logos for Olympics than that piece of crap.

[Nisukeita]

Id like to see you guys do better

How they decided on the logo
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=7sK3AqFYAWQ)

Rickrolled :(





anywho....

I liked Beijing's logo....

http://images.beijing-2008.org/45/60/Img211716045.jpg

[Orochimaru]

This striking new logo for the London 2012 Olympics has been unveiled but what do you think of it?

It also comes in Blue, green and orange

http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/hp/logo2.jpg



http://uk.yahoo.com/r/ty/30/pt

Looks like a broken mirror to me. 7 years bad luck, bitches. :lmao

[Rampant Delusions]

Looks like a broken mirror to me. 7 years bad luck, bitches.

Its really a woman sucking penis. But a broken mirror is just as bad :mad.

[oka]

I'm terrible at abstract art, can someone pls explain to me abt the logo? ....Ohh nevermind... now I get it :amazed

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/semptimilius/LongonLogo.jpg

[TiGel2.]

That is.....pretty damn bad =(.

[Ember*]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/semptimilius/LongonLogo.jpg

I just lol'd, that's hilarious, they really have to change the logo :laugh

[Mintaka]

Modern art strikes again.

[Neverender]

Man, what is that shit? Did they just make the craziest shape they could think of and stick london on it? It doesn't look professional at all.

[Halcyon Dreamz]

It's unique, I'll give it that much. Personally, it doesn't look that great design-wise.

[Magoichi]

Needs more colour. :oh

[Cesc Fabregas]

i think this idea was really nice!

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43006000/jpg/_43006855_james_wren_416.jpg

[Magoichi]

See I think that one is much better.

[Ember*]

http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/hp/logo2.jpg

This rubbish logo is animated also, but still, they need to change the whole logo, If London use this piece of junk, It would be shameful, London needs something memorable.

[Edo]

animated!!! does the head move back and forth??!!

[Ember*]

animated!!! does the head move back and forth??!!

Lol, nah not really, but I found a link on it



http://www.london2012.com/about-newlook-video.html

[Cloudane]

Shocking isn't it, very 1980s (images of Wakaday spring to mind)

[Edo]

the clip was ok...the logo still sucks..........and after seeing that clip this is what I have to say "GIVE US OUR MARBLES BACK!" >:

[NeonRoses]

Apparantly, 1.2 mil was spent on that logo.

Damn fuckers. they should have given it to me.

[Morpheus]

Lol wtf is that logo

[Lord Snow]

Yep, that's ugly.

[CJC]

Logo cost £400, 000.

I feel disgraced as an Englishman lol, such a waste of time drawing that shit. A drowned alley cat could of done better.

[Yakuza]

:arg
My sister can draw better than that

[NeonRoses]

Gah, GMTV lied to me again! Ok, 0.4 million. What an idiot the designer is.

My baby brother can draw better than that. And he's 3.

[sel]

So should be this

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2785/n36903230336679885283qy9.jpg

LOLZDON!!

A lot better

[Effloresce]

ewwww. I am disgraced to be living in London. That's total suckism.

I think the shape of it was meant to be a 12 or is that just me?

[Hi Im God]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/oly2012_britain_logo

Pretty much same as first post artical with a little more detail. Animated Seizures!


London chiefs defend controversial Olympic logo

LONDON (AFP) - Organisers of the 2012 London Olympics on Tuesday defended its newly-unveiled logo following widespread public criticism that it was "hideous" and a waste of money.

The jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, was unveiled on Monday by Seb Coe, chairman of the London 2012 organising committee.

But an online petition calling for it to be scrapped has more than 17,000 signatures and over 3,000 messages have been posted on the BBC Sport website.

A London 2012 spokesman told BBC Sport: "The emblem is flexible and will evolve over the next five years.

"Our emblem needs to be modern, bold, flexible and as relevant today as in five years' time.

"We want our Games to be different. We are hosting them in a different era, in 2012.


"The emblem needs to work across new platforms that reach young people."

Coe, the former 800m and 1,500m world record holder who won gold in the 1,500 metres at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics, defended the logo designed by the Wolff Olins agency at a cost of 400,000 pounds.

"It won't be to be everybody's taste immediately, but it's a brand that we genuinely believe can be hard working... and reach out and engage young people, which is our challenge over the next five years," he told BBC Sport.

"It's not a logo, it's a brand that will take us forward for the next five years."

There was more bad news for the organisers of the event when they removed animated footage promoting the games from their website amid claims it could trigger epileptic seizures.

[Altron]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/semptimilius/LongonLogo.jpg

nice! lol!!!:laugh

[Denizen]

Awful, just awful.

[Red]

Id like to see you guys do better

How they decided on the logo
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=7sK3AqFYAWQ)third time today. Fuck you.

But I could do better. No seriously vectoring and typography are my hobby >.<

this is uninspired, they should at least go back to the drawing board.

[Pilaf]

Wait...they actually paid some artist large sums of money to do this?

Or they pay artists such large sums of money in general?

I think I'm beginning to understand deeper levels of failure in both the economy and art ethics.

[Purgatory]

That logo looks uglier than George Bush, Tony Blair, and a russian hooker combined.

[Mintaka]

Needs more colour. :ohYes it also needs more art.

That is crap not art.

[Ember*]

Gah, GMTV lied to me again! Ok, 0.4 million. What an idiot the designer is.

My baby brother can draw better than that. And he's 3.

Never trust Gmtv lol, yesterday they had people writing in saying that the logo was brilliant, now isn't that fishy, how can someone like that hunk of junk?, Gmtv is a fix.

[makeoutparadise]

thats better than the first one

[Magoichi]

Never trust Gmtv lol, yesterday they had people writing in saying that the logo was brilliant, now isn't that fishy, how can someone like that hunk of junk?, Gmtv is a fix.

rofl funny, the news later on in the evening suggests something else. :P

[Hyuuga_X]

Hmm, that logo looks ugly and weird. I can't imagine anyone could love that logo. Also I can't see what it's trying to express

[JonnyCake]

I don't know why these old people think "young generations" are huge fans of random shit thrown together and labeled as hip and trendy. I want something that actually looks like it was worth the cost. Give me 10 bucks and I can pull something better looking than that.

I don't think their mercendise sales will do well.

[Reksveks]

The logo is dangerous as well as ugly. It induce epileptic fits to some people.

[Hi Im God]

http://img9.imagepile.net/img9/12224olympicgschpunken.gif

[Ember*]

http://img9.imagepile.net/img9/12224olympicgschpunken.gif

Lol, cool animation dude, that really captures the whole look of the logo XD

[Metric]

LOL on the enws today it was saying how the official promo video on the website induces epileptic fits.

Seriously can they screw this up any more if they tried?

PS - the logo cost £400, 000 to design apparently.

[Kubisa]

Once again England fucks up. And at the cost of £400,000 and a year of waiting.

Let's just hope the 40,000 strong petition against it works.

[T4R0K]

http://img9.imagepile.net/img9/12224olympicgschpunken.gif

So it was true.. YOU TRUELY ARE GODLY, GOD !!!

Damn awesome stuff thar, dude !!!

[Descent of the Lion]

looks like a migrane.

[Hyuuga_X]

Give me 1 day and even I could come up with a better design. And I'd do it for much less money. *cough* stupid..stupid

[T4R0K]

Give me 1 day and even I could come up with a better design. And I'd do it for much less money. *cough* stupid..stupid

OK, here are your 24 hours. Don't back off !! If NF members approve, we should start a "spam the organization comittee's mailbox" with it.

[Hi Im God]

2W_gInR3gXs

Goastes london pic w/e makes news @ 30s.

[Yakushi Kabuto]

Oh man, the whole thing was BLINDING. Very small chunks of it was tolerable, like when the guy was diving in the water and little purple triangle were splintering off him, but when he dived into the water and the ripples..oh, my eyes.

[Ember*]

London' mayor criticises footage promoting the 2012 Olympics after fears it had triggered epileptic seizures.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6727029.stm

[Tatsuki]

I live London too, and my 2 year old cousin can come up with that = =

[Pervert Hermit]

Logo looks like a woman giving a man a blowjob.

[isanon]

i think it looks like a nazi cross :blink

[Gamabunta]

on behalf of london

"...we apologise for this totally pathetic logo. The creators have been disposed of accordingly."

[Cloudane]

Paralympics logo released (source b3ta)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s91/craine_bucket/logo.gif

[T4R0K]

Paralympics logo released (source b3ta)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s91/craine_bucket/logo.gif

I know it'll send me to hell but I can't help laughing !!

[Toby]

Me and brother shouted in outrage at the television when that came on. Surely this proves that somebody with no attachment to modern art is involved. It looks like scraps of paper, or the crust on the Olympics poster for Lillehammer in '94.

'Tis a shame.

[Snufkin]

F*cking hell its so patronising, its like
"Oh the younger genereation dont understand fine art, lets dumb it down and use a shit fake graffitti type image for their uneducated delinquent minds.

I saw in a newspaper someone rearranged the thing and cut some chunks out of the "0" to make it say

SH
IT

I thought it was awesome, also the athens ones are pure win conmpared to this

[Le Mâle Dominant]

It's not too late to create an other one.

[Lady Azura]

It's hideous.:oh

[@lk3mizt]

lol it not that bad! :P

[Gamabunta]

lol it not that bad! :P

oh it is lol.

i think they just went to a nursery an got the kids to cut out some shapes an stick em on a background.

[Ember*]

oh it is lol.

i think they just went to a nursery an got the kids to cut out some shapes an stick em on a background.

Lol, honestly, that's what it looks like, they should get someone from the graphics business to redo the logo

[Reddle]

This needs to stop.

[Ichiban-nin]

Poor London, I remember reading another article about the Beijing Olympics totally overshadowing the London one. The logo doesn't help much either.

[Ember*]

And to make it worse, they are actually thinking of keeping the crappy logo, I am not happy at all =/

[jjv236]

i get it it looks like:

20
12

and it looks like

LO
12

LO being for london

[Dionysus]

Poor London, I remember reading another article about the Beijing Olympics totally overshadowing the London one.
It's almost as if the Beijing Olympics are to happen before the London Olympics, and a closer, more finalised event garners more media attention.

[Zodd]

Must be the same guy who colored 356. :doh

[sel]

Poor London, I remember reading another article about the Beijing Olympics totally overshadowing the London one. The logo doesn't help much either.

Keep in mind that this is just a guess, but at a long shot would it not be because Beijing is in a Years time and London in 5?

lol

[Byakuya]

God that is just too ugly. Anyone could make that in less than five minutes.

[HoukiBoshi]

Has anyone said that it cost £400,000? pfft. my 4 year old cousion(sp?) could make that. '>.>

Also, promoting it is causing epilipsy(sp?) fits, left right and center. Even people who haven't got the condition is having them .:notrust

So it's dangerous and crap

well done UK *fake clap*

[Fenix]

Is the logo suppose to be a monkey?

[x-airashii-x]

They're scrapping it aren't they? cause it caused epellieptic fits.
Honestly, i drew a better logo in the back of my english book with metalic pens, and i done that in literally 20 seconds 0.o
=