Comments on: London unveils 2012 Olympic logo Updated

By: North of the 2-0 Border » 2012 London Olympics logo…

North of the 2-0 Border » 2012 London Olympics logo… — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:05:56 +0000

[...] This is the best they could do? Really? [...]

By: saint kansas

saint kansas — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:05:10 +0000

OK, I found the movie poster that I suspect inspired that, um, typeface.

By: shooter

shooter — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:49:36 +0000

Still looks like two guys doin’ the …uhh…anti-islam thing.

This just might keep islamic countries from participating in the ‘games’.

By: Blacklake

Blacklake — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:41:10 +0000

It occurs to me this might not be such a bad design after all. One of the objectives is no doubt to reflect some aspect of British national character, and this does rather evoke the spirit of their dentition.

By: What the Crap?

What the Crap? — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:41:23 +0000

London Olympic Logo = Value Village Quality…

I can already see shirts with this logo on it lining Value Villiage and other good will shelves…in the worst of the 80’s sections.
This logo might work if it was embroidered onto a sweet hypercolor velcro wallet.
Sorry London, but you lea…

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:16:45 +0000

(stealing Gutfeld’s line): “It looks like an aerial photo of a gay mall”

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:34:29 +0000

Look like the Adolf Hitler Telly-Tubby in cubist fuschia.

Repellent.

Color and design.

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:06:48 +0000

If you rearrange the pieces, you will see it spells Allah.

By: What the Crap?

What the Crap? — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:51:40 +0000

Which OS logo is worth $50,000?…

You choose:

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
or…

What can Brown do for O. S. U.?
Read More!
The Correct Answer is:

……

By: soulsirkus

soulsirkus — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:52:02 +0000

The symbol cost around £400,000 ($A954,000) and took one year for design company Wolff Olins to think up.

The Great Train Robbery 2012…

By: GT

GT — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:09:13 +0000

$800,000?

All I know is that the guy who came up with this piece of crap must be one of the greatest salesmen of the century. Hats off to him.

By: Wolfman

Wolfman — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:34:20 +0000

Wow, that’s so bad that I didn’t even realize that it was supposed to be the number 2012 until it was actually said that it was. I thought that they’d just given a paintbrush and easel to an idiot savant with severe tremors.

By: Pillage Idiot

Pillage Idiot — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:36:34 +0000

London Olympics logo…

This is the official logo for the London Olympics, 2012, about which Bryan Preston at Hot Air reasonably opined: “It might be the ugliest Olympic logo ever.” I think it’s supposed to represent “2012.”…

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:13:59 +0000

Why don’t they have it in the shape of a crescent?

By: The Ugly American

The Ugly American — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:29:00 +0000

…w/o the requisite “Bush killed, dismembered and ate 10,000 Iraqi babies today” headline…

By: The Ugly American

The Ugly American — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:25:30 +0000

Looks like one of Rosie’s cut ‘n paste “art” projects.

By: juliesa

juliesa — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:50:51 +0000

Gawd. This just gave me a flashback to the embarrassment that was the mascot of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

http://www.imcmascots.com/mascot-pages/olympics-mascots-izzy.htm

Does anyone remember Izzy? The only reason I do is because I was working in a theme park at the time, and we had one of these creatures walking around all summer. It took all the discipline I possessed to refrain from running up to this thing and kicking it very very hard in the shins.

By: SouthernGent

SouthernGent — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:15:04 +0000

The Sydney Morning Herald
disfigured swastika

abinitioadinfinitum on June 5, 2007 at 3:02 PM

It looks like swastika to me, too! Put a burka on it and it’ll be the perfect joooo-hatin’ symbol!

By: Candy Slice

Candy Slice — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:08:42 +0000

This is seriously NOT a joke? It looks like my 18 month old ripped construction paper and threw it on the floor.

By: 400lb Gorilla

400lb Gorilla — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:03:27 +0000

Damn that looks like ASS. Just another example of a group being taken advantage of by an over-priced under-talented, design advertising firm.

With so many good ones in London, how did they get stuck with this crap logo.

By: TallDave

TallDave — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:57:10 +0000

Limerick,

Ixay on the eatherway achinemay.

By: TallDave

TallDave — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:55:56 +0000

I know I speak for 6 billion other people when I ask “What the hell is ZOIZ?”

By: Labamigo

Labamigo — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:52:48 +0000

Reminds me of the last time I stepped on a Ritz cracker.

By: mesablue

mesablue — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:33:38 +0000

All they need to do now is make the logo into neon signs and then stick them in the subway and under bridges all over town without telling anyone first.

By: Emilie H.

Emilie H. — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:25:52 +0000

Looks like a pink swastika by Picasso.

Limerick

That was what I initially saw, too.