"Great" The logo stays what do you think ?

Question

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20070612/tuk-new-olympic-logo-stays-says-jowell-6323e80.html

Seems we are stuck with the two cartoon characters engaged in a very adult act for the logo of the 2012 games.

£400,000 for something that looks as though it was drawn in the 1980's by some guy on his tea break.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID HOW BAD IT IS AND YET WE HAVE BEEN IGNORED.

What do you think?
Do you feel let down?
Do you think that the other countries are having a good laugh at us?
Is this the first of a long line of expensive Foul-ups?

Answer 1

How dare tessa Jowell say it stays? it's universally reviled! It Iooks like purple vomit and makes me ashamed of being a Londoner. How on earth could something this dreadful pass through a committee without somebody being brave enough to say the truth? It's bears out the truth of the saying that a camel is a racehorse designed by a commitee.Email Tessa Jowell and tell her how big a mistake it is: [e-mail]

Answer 2

To be quite honest a toddler could have drawn a better logo. They say that they are trying to target the young people with this logo but i consider myself young and I think the logo is a joke! But then again, what do you expect from the government. They're trying to look 'cool' but they're so failing at at it! and the UK is made up of more than just young people! shouldn't they have made a logo that appeals to everyone? and if most of the population hates the logo then they should change it, cause we are meant to be a democratic country. I don't think we're ready for the olympics; there is going to be a lot more problems in the run up to 2012 and the UK is going to look so stupid in front of the other countries. Of course the other countries are laughing at us, the logo looks stupid, I mean, it's hot pink! and it has nothing to do with the olympics, you can't see the olympic rings and the 2012 bit is illegible, and as for the animation, it does my head in! and shouldn't they have tested it first to get general opinions on it and to see if it causes epileptic fits before releasing it? and I'm sure previous olympic countries didn't spend so much on a logo.

Answer 3

If a logo has to be explained to most of the population of what it means or what it stands for it isn't, in my mind, a logo. Surely it should be something that people recognise and associate with the Olympics straight away and needs no explanation. I wonder how many kids knew what it was when they first saw it and these games are meant to be for them. Even a picture of a cuddly toy with London 2012 emblazoned on it would be old hat but a lot better than what we have. But it looks like we are stuck with it and yet again we become a laughing stock to the rest of the world.

£400.000, I wouldn't give 40p and nor should anyone else.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Well not only does it portray such a sordid act, it has no relevence to the fact that London are hosting the games, nor that it is in fact the Olympics! Take off the place name and olympic rings and that logo could be used to represent anything! If anyone else has seen the suggested alternatives, then no doubt they agree that whoever designed this one should put his hands up, agree that it is incredible poor and use one of the ones created by the public. Spending £400, 000 on designing a logo is a blooming waste anyway!!!

Answer 6

I think that as a 16 year old graphics student, i could have done it so much better (and cheaper). I would like to know where these 'young' people they consulted are? Is this young, as in 40 or something? It is truly awful, and i don't know anyone who likes it.

I saw on the news some that other people had done on microsoft paint in about 10 minutes, and they were better. Why is 2012 not using the london eye as the 0 or something? Something that truly shows what london is about?

It shows to the rest of the world that we are stuck in the 80's. they may be thinking ' what is going to look modern in 5 years time', but it seriously won't be this.

Do something about it, and sign up to this petition to force the government to change it:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Change2012Logo/

Answer 7

What happened to democracy? I would it have expected something similar to a song for Europe where people are given the option to vote for their favourite, this could have been done very cheaply over the Internet. In addition I can't believe we actually paid all that money for it, surely the Company who designed it could have done it free of charge, and in return get a mention in all the brochures etc. something like 'Olympic logo designed by blablabla.com

Regrettably these people are all too keen to spend our money and they are not bothered if they get value for money, as long as they get a nice lunch and a hamper at Christmas.

The thing that really annoys me is after they come up with an entirely unsuitable design that it pretty much unanimously slated, they have the arrogance to say it's staying

We should get Alan Sugar to start pointing the finger!!

Answer 8

I really do think that the logo doesn't represent the olympics and what it is at all. Like other ones have people running in them or doing somethin atheltic.
I think this just represents the fact that we are good at spending money which we don't need to use.
I can't believe that even though so many of the public hate it, it stays. Why don't they ever listen?

Answer 9

The olympoic logo is a bad mistake. A bad, bad mistake. I mean, the games are in London, but how can you tell from the logo?

Having been in Sydney for the Games I can say they are a fantastic experience.

My only concern is the UK government will c@ck this up. The logo is a very poor start indeed.

Answer 10

I feel very embarrased about it, everyone else manages a decent looking olympics logo for their country and then look at us... the prats of the European Union. I reckon it's appaling that nobody seems to be listening to us, it's just a total waste of time in showing us what it is if they won't take any notice, I can't wait til the olympics is over and we can get over this facade.