Comments on: London 2012 Olympics logo disaster

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:13 +0000

Well I do recon the logo is’nt that good but like at my school we went through a recent rebranding and really none of the students liked the logo but after it had settled we did’nt quite realise, so it think the same will happen with this logo, thankfully it is’nt a long term logo

By: jim c.

jim c. — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:15:24 +0000

Um, looks like a “Z’ and a mountain range, both over a big “R”. Done in vaguely zany 80’s New Wave font.

By: Alan Vaughn

Alan Vaughn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:16:55 +0000

It reminds me of a bad CD or T-Shirt design from the early 80’s. Like something you’d see once on the cover of a band you never heard of and it would end up being the only thing they were remembered for 20 years later. I wonder were he got the design idea?

What really hurts it and makes it hard to see is the fact that the 2’s are different.

By: Sandee

Sandee — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:40:50 +0000

Hated it since the first time I saw it, for all the reasons “Ben” listed on Dec. 7th.

It is repulsive!

Can’t say I was too enthralled with my own country’s logo (Sarah contributed some good points about VANOC’s logo on Jan. 7th), but judging from the overwelming negative reaction to London’s logo, this has to be an affront to the British tax-payers who will be dealing with the after-effects of these games in the years to come….

By: J.

J. — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:18:38 +0000

It is English, right ?….I think it represents well the lack of imagination and bad taste in design….so…I think in that sense it’s a good logo :)….no offense guys… :)….

By: Maisie

Maisie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:07:49 +0000

i like it better than the old borin rings jee guys give him a break! x

By: ric snodgrass

ric snodgrass — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:44:33 +0000

I’m Puzzled! When I saw this logo after googling it, I thought I had come across a kids competition for the logo, so I googled again, unfortunately no change. I did see that it was aimed at reaching a young audience, so I guess some 2-3 year olds may like it? I think it’s the ugliest olympic logo I’ve seen and it won’t be one that I collect. I can’t find anything good about it- bad colors, font, form and concept. The city officials should be ashamed.

By: Brett Russell Andrews

Brett Russell Andrews — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:40:38 +0000

I was fortunate enough to go to Olympiad XXVIII in Athens, Greece in 2004. I purchased several authentic flags. The artistry was intrinsically symbolic in best representing the Olympiad’s intended universal values of noble competition, friendship and peaceful coexistence. That logo design inspired me to purchase a flag for the Beijing Olympics. Both are spiritually uplifting. In 2oo8, I accepted a position teaching English in China at Shanxi Modern Bilingual School. Currently, I instruct at Nantong Vocational College. And, I am implementing the values representative of the Olympic Games. I was searching online to possibly purchase a flag for London. Objectively, I felt passionless after seeing the selected logo design. I can only hope the organizers reconsider their decision and revisit inquiries that best represent the intrinsic symbolism of these games.

By: darcy

darcy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:12:45 +0000

There was a whole lot of complaining in Canada about Vancouver’s mascot over the last couple of years. But they were superb compared to this. Hopefully London 2012 will be better than its logo.

By: Em

Em — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:30:28 +0000

@Michael Boyle

Are you really dissing the awesome Beijing logo? Really? All I have to say is wow. You think this is better than Beijing’s logo. WOW.

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I’m sorry to whoever designed that but I think it looks it was designed by a seven year old who is bored and playing with the Paint application on a computer.