The Olympics Logo

[etali]

I'm sure everyone has noticed that the UK is now the laughing stock of the world because of our £400,000 logo 'design' for the Olympics - still, I thought I'd ask here what people thought.

I can't believe they paid that much for it and nobody dared point out it was rubbish - it kinda reminds me of the Emperors New Clothes - someone somewhere must have been too chicken to tell the designer it's rubbish, and it's gotten so far the powers that be just daren't turn back...

I do wonder what was wrong with the image they used for the bid - that was perfectly nice - timeless, and simple - why change it?

[Barbara]

Call me crazy but i kinda liked it.But on the other hand with that much money on the line it could have been much better.Are they going to go back and do another logo?

[etali]

You're the first person I've heard say they like it!

I don't know if they're going to make a new one - there is a petition for them to keep the old one, but I think they'd loose face if they did that.

They have had to remove a part of the animated version of it (where someone dives into a pool with multi-coloured water ripples) because it was triggering epilleptic fits.

Makes you wonder how much research and testing went into it - for that price you'd think they'd have looked for that kind of thing.

[Barbara]

Originally Posted by etali

You're the first person I've heard say they like it!

I don't know if they're going to make a new one - there is a petition for them to keep the old one, but I think they'd loose face if they did that.

They have had to remove a part of the animated version of it (where someone dives into a pool with multi-coloured water ripples) because it was triggering epilleptic fits.

Makes you wonder how much research and testing went into it - for that price you'd think they'd have looked for that kind of thing.

Well if it is that bad then they need to buck up and go with the other one.I guess what i really liked was all the colors more than anything. I had not heard anything about it was causeing epilleptic fits thats not a good thing at all.Please keep us updated i would love to know what they do about it.

[xaphania]

I realy don't like it. I think it looks brash and tacky, and I cannot believe it cost so much to design.

When the furore first started, the BBC website asked readers to send in their designs, and a lot of them were far, far better than the official logo.

I haven't heard if they're redesigning it, but I definitely think they should!

[kitsch_k]

i haven't seen the logo yet...ill look for it and share my thoughts but i have to say..that amount is too big to shelve out for a logo.