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Awful London 2012 Olympic logo
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Arrrgghhhh! My Eyes! My Eyes!
It's shockingly bad. What on earth were they thinking?
[EDIT: Sorry, should'a posted this in the regular lounge].
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Reason: stupidity)
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It'll go well with my zubaz pants and Jim McMahon sunglasses.
Edit: Political? It's possible I guess.
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I'm guessing the designer looks like this:
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Wow. They outsourced the design work to a kindergarten class.
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I just realized your sig is too tall.
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My 6 year old brother could have made a better design.
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The Eighties called, they want thier hot pink back.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5 
My 6 year old brother could have made a better design.
My 3 y/o daughter DID do a better design--yesterday in chalk on my driveway.
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My sperm designed a better one.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
I just realized your sig is too tall.
Yeah, well, yours is too ...too ...erm ....blonde!
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Nice reference. Both the sig and the retort.
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I don't think I could have come up with something more aggressively horrible if I tried. I think the "London" randomly thrown into the 2 makes it even more amateurish than it would otherwise be, but I'm not sure that's even possible.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
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Really, who cares about the Olympics anyways?
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Originally Posted by Graviton
Looks like two people fighting each other, one punching other's stomach and head bursted
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I don't think I could have come up with something more aggressively horrible if I tried. I think the "London" randomly thrown into the 2 makes it even more amateurish than it would otherwise be, but I'm not sure that's even possible.
A designer, I'm disappointed I didn't even see that those were supposed to be numbers.
By the same token, that is so bad, I can't feel too much guilt.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
Really, who cares about the Olympics anyways?
Olympians?
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Originally Posted by Graviton
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Arrrgghhhh! My Eyes! My Eyes!
It's shockingly bad. What on earth were they thinking?
It looks like a girl with big hair and a lot of ear rings giving a BJ to someone...it is awful.
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Yes, the numbers don't stand out, but then, why are they even important? Is the fact that it is in 2012 the most salient thing that we want to communicate in this log? For that matter, what are we trying to communicate?
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Originally Posted by RIRedinPA
It looks like a girl with big hair and a lot of ear rings giving a BJ to someone...it is awful.
lol.
You must be awesome at Rorschach tests.
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Originally Posted by RIRedinPA
It looks like a girl with big hair and a lot of ear rings giving a BJ to someone...it is awful.
Wow, you're right. Now all we need is an animated gif to illustrate that point.
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you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Originally Posted by Cold Warrior
Wow, you're right. Now all we need is an animated gif to illustrate that point.
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I think it is clear and concise. The logo expresses itself perfectly:
An athlete throwing up, doubled over in pain.
What are you guys missing?
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Its a disgrace... to think someone will have been paid a huge sum of money to come up with it!!!
Looks like something that neil buchanan has done on art attack!!!
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How about some alternative, underground logos?
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
I can't bel....wait, yes I can.
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Originally Posted by Rumor
I can't bel....wait, yes I can.
Then I need to find the next level.
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Originally Posted by peeb
How about some alternative, underground logos?
the first one in the article "alternatives" is quite nice, but probably not EDGY and YOUNG-PERSON SKEWING enough for them. Which is what they were aiming for... I had no idea those were even numbers. Rumor's right. The eighties called, they want their colors and their wacky shapes back.
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I think this should be in the Macbook section of this forum.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
I think this should be in the Macbook section of this forum.
Nah, should definitely be in Art & Graphic Design.
It's a work of pure genius!!
The animated version, I mean.
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BBC NEWS | Magazine | 'Oh no' logo
This is a logo which took a year to design
Who on earth takes a year to design such a crap logo? Even I could do that in a week and I have no skillz whatsoever. None.
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Last edited by Doofy; Jun 4, 2007 at 11:10 PM.
Reason: Changed logo for one without Tiswas reference.)
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Jeez looks like a child drew it - it is ugly.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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WTF is ""TIZWAZ"????
EDIT: OOOPS I looked again and you say to ignore it, but I'd still like to know what it is.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
That thing cost £400k.
Holy crap. WTF?!? That's the ugliest thing I've seen in a very long time.
I betcha somebody here would design a way better one for just an iPhone, ie. Less than £400k? Not only that, but less than £400.
EDIT:
This one was done for free apparently. Not perfect, but I like it better.
And this one was pretty amusing. 
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Originally Posted by mac-at-kearsarge
WTF is ""TIZWAZ"????
EDIT: OOOPS I looked again and you say to ignore it, but I'd still like to know what it is.
It's a 70's kids' TV show.
Tiswas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Looks more like oral.
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I guess I'm still expecting the thing to change just a bit. A friend is a principal at a large agency that was developing the pitch for one of the Stateside cities courting the last US held olympics, and you would absolutely not believe how incredibly anal the IOC is about their brand. The usage practices manual is a good three binders thick but one of the major prohibitions is using the rings mark with its associated colors until you're actually awarded the winning bid. They ended up doing huge parts of the presentation using coffee stains in the three over two style, which actually looked sort of cool.
Anyway, point is, I'd be surprised if the IOC has gotten any LESS anal so there might still be some changed comin'.
God I hope so, because that things hideous.
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What a horrible, horrible logo.
That is all.
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Originally Posted by Cold Warrior
Wow, you're right. Now all we need is an animated gif to illustrate that point.
Ask and ye shall receive.
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Tangrams on acid.
Simply horrible.
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Eww. What were they thinking? Chicago has (or had) a beautifully designed logo (created pro bono by VSA Partners)... but the IOC regulations prevents them from using because it uses one of their trademarked symbols (the Olympic Torch). I assume that London won't be allowed to use the rings in their logo, which will make that logo absolutely useless, on top of it looking horrid.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
It's not just bad, it's like a satire of bad graphic design.
Am I missing something? Maybe it's "post-modern" ? 
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