eldaec
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Yegolev
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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schild
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Izzit!
I love how the 2012 avatar screams "I'm doing drugs, it's 1985, and I'm a fucking rock god!"
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eldaec
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Don't joke. This is only the logo. The mascot is still to come. |
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Yegolev
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Based on the logo, I predict Max Headroom.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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eldaec
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Breaking news... Inspiration for 2012 logo revealed...  This post only really works for British people over the age of 30. |
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Wow, that's total shite.
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Trippy
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That looks more like a Winter Olympics logo. The zero looks like the profile of a mountain and London is fricking flat as a pancake (okay so it has some small hills).
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Righ
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Looks like they got played again. That's a stylized knee-trembler, isn't it? Breaking news... Inspiration for 2012 logo revealed... This post only really works for British people over the age of 30. Oooh, Sally James. Sally James and knee-tremblers. This thread delivers. |
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Signe
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ooh err, missus!
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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Murgos
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ooh err, missus!
Ok, first glance at that avatar and I was pretty sure that was a giant jelly dildo. |
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Signe
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Strazos
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Oh, the new avatar...it does deliver.
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Yoru
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Jesus, did they hire an "urban artist"/grafitti thug to do their art design? |
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Chimpy
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I saw a comment on another board that it looks like a dude getting a hummer.
Dude on left, fro-"chick" on the right.
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NiX
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The minute I saw the 2012 logo I thought "Encino Man?"
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Chimpy
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The minute I saw the 2012 logo I thought "Encino Man?"
I can see it now. New slogan for London Olympics: "London 2012: You're invited but your friend can't come." |
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NiX
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You forgot "Bbbbuuudddddddyyyyy!"
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Sky
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"I'm doing drugs, it's 1985, and I'm a fucking rock god!"
You rang? |
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Bunk
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This makes me very proud of my own home city.  At least I know what this represents. |
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NiX
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I think most decently educated canucks will know what's going on there. Really, have they given an excuse for that atrocious 2012 logo?
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Chimpy
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I think most decently educated canucks will know what's going on there. Really, have they given an excuse for that atrocious 2012 logo?
They want something "fun and edgy" that is "more inclusive" and "less corporate logo" but also "will have legs and last 5 years". Basically they are marketing to myspace kiddies. I suppose it is the best idea since the Olympics have become this huge money sink since Atlanta where even basic tickets cost a ton of money and corporate sponsors are more important than the athletes competing. Since the myspace kiddies are the new target consumer, why not get them hooked with a bad cartoon now? |
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eldaec
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This was the logo before some ad exec threw up on a piece of paper for £400k (yes, £400k, as in, almost a million dollars).  I have a hard time seeing what was wrong with it. Olympic colours, check. Reference to London geography, check. Includes correct year, check. London spelt with capital letter, check. EDIT: Hmm, most of you probably cant see that. It looks good if you use a safe-for-work theme to view the forum. Honest. EDIT2: Better:  |
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HaemishM
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What the fuck was wrong with that logo? That's some good graphic design. That's worth the money. That other thing... that artist needs a curbstomping.
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DraconianOne
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I saw a comment on another board that it looks like a dude getting a hummer.
Dude on left, fro-"chick" Lisa Simpson on the right.
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voodoolily
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Based on the logo, I predict Max Headroom.
Or a Patrick Nagel painting. |
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Chimpy
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What the fuck was wrong with that logo? That's some good graphic design. That's worth the money. That other thing... that artist needs a curbstomping.
What is "wrong" with the other one is that it is "too corporate logo-y". The asshat in charge of the London Olympic comittee is trying a totally stupid idea for a traditional event. What he fails to see is that most of the people who are interested in the olympics actually LIKE the idea of a nice, clean, and consistent overall design theme. If you want to add flash and avant-garde ness do like Athens did: Hire Calatrava to design a never before attempted style of stadium, then add avant garde cirque-du-soleil inspired opening ceremonies. The "kids" are not going to become interested in the olympics simply because pikachu used your promotional materials as a jizz towel. |
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Sky
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Avante-garde = con-man.
I was an art major before leaving in disgust. Artists are so completely full of shit to cover their utter lack of talent they could be politicians.
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Chimpy
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Avante-garde = con-man.
I was an art major before leaving in disgust. Artists are so completely full of shit to cover their utter lack of talent they could be politicians.
I meant avant garde in the traditional, more literal sense. Not in the "Modern Art" bullshit sense you see in many fine arts programs. The london 2012 logo fits into the mold one of those pieces of fecal matter. Believe me, I have seen my fair share of crap "avant garde" theatrical designs that were literally a cover your no-talent-hack ass thing. But I have also worked with some true talents that take things in a new direction and make something "magical". |
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Luxor
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Woops, already in the thread
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Chimpy
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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Paelos
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Why is it pink?
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Trippy
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What the fuck was wrong with that logo? That's some good graphic design. That's worth the money. That other thing... that artist needs a curbstomping.
I wouldn't say it's "good" graphic design. It's the kind of thing that college art students come up with as their first pass attempt at a logo. It is better than the other one, though. I'm still confused by the "dot" (diamond) in there. I understand that it's supposed to be part of the "2" but it just doesn't look like it is. |
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Bunk
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That's the guy's penis, silly.
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Trippy
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That's the guy's penis, silly.
Well yes, now that Chimpy's mentioned that that's all I can see, but I was referring to the original design intention. |
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