Comments on: I like the Olympic Logo

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:14:49 +0000

I think they stole that logo from my 5yr old.

By: Jonathan Horniblow

Jonathan Horniblow — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:35:58 +0000

Well, the Richard Voysey logo won by a long way, with the official logo getting less than 3%.
I don’t even understand what was wrong with the original logo!
It had all the elements, was clear, pleasant and disctinctive, and it had the Olympic ribbon flowing in the iconic shape of the Thames through London.
If a logo needs explaining, it’s not a good design.

More worrying is that Jonathan Ellis closed the poll (which reached 48,000 signatures in 3 days) after pressure. We live in dark times.

Remember, the new logo cost FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. JUST the logo. Not the implementation or the animated version or the film. JUST the logo.

By: ash

ash — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:35:16 +0000

Dave, what do you mean by ‘animated’? I watched the video you link to, and the logo is static: it never moves.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:47:53 +0000

I am a bit worried about the potential for epilepsy (as reported today on the news at 6pm). If it is true I have put myself in a lot of danger cos I looked at it for quite a while to see how may times it moved and changed colours.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:47:56 +0000

I hate the pink! It reminds me of the revolting travel sickness pills I had to take a lot as a kid (not that they worked!).

By: Miss Dagurreotype

Miss Dagurreotype — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:40:10 +0000

Yes, there has been a problem with the animation of the logo. I read about it earlier today on the BBC. As to logo designs, personally, I liked the one Richard Voysey sent the BBC. It is simple, it has the rings, and it has both 2012 and London. I just don't like the color combo on the official one. Maybe if they'd stuck to the colors of the Union, it would look better. The official logo just doesn't say "London" to me.

By: Bimble

Bimble — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:50:13 +0000

So you’re saying that it reperesents just how badly the Olympics are going to be run…. ahhhh…. well, in that case it’s perfect!!

By: Gretel

Gretel — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:07:15 +0000

In reply to Bimble, the logo fragments represent London’s divided opinions about the Olympics. The logo also shows the way in which the various sports will be scattered all over the city and how there will be no good way of getting from one site to another – cunningly displayed in the logo by not having a connection between any of the pink bits (our London public transport system only just limps along at present…) The different colours for the logo (nasty orange/nasty pink/ nasty blue etc.) are probably supposed to represent London’s multi-cultural diversity, which is something people in committees talk about. Did I mention I didn’t like the logo?

By: Ian M

Ian M — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:47:29 +0000

I don’t really understand why we need a logo.

but then again, I don’t understand why we need the Olympics either….

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:37:02 +0000

Emmie – I haven’t post your link because I object to the large ad telling me it is scanning my computer and encouraging me to download a programme which is almost certainly spyware. It isn’t anything personal against you.