tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post186704648121061537..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: That Olympic LogoIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32279760870768677342007-06-12T04:14:00.000+01:002007-06-12T04:14:00.000+01:00Well, i scratched up a design under 20 minutes...n...Well, i scratched up a design under 20 minutes...nothing great, but perhaps you might want to take a look. <BR/><BR/>http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/london-2012-logo.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-477207209507713232007-06-07T16:56:00.000+01:002007-06-07T16:56:00.000+01:00As I say in my own blog, the Olympic logo should i...As I say in my own blog, the Olympic logo should inspire. Yet I find myself looking at something not dissimilar to the admittedly accomplished doodling which, in the mid-1980s, used to grace the covers of the notebooks of my then 14 year old cousin. It is all very Blondie, Tiswas and Swap Shop. Indeed, the video that acted as the vehicle for the launch of this new logo, and which featured multi-coloured shards erupting through council estates and parks all over London, resembles the sort of low budget television programme one would watch on Children's BBC circa 1987. <BR/>http://www.bloggingyoungfogey.blogspot.comheydel-mankoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02754584418522784112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56390784382436923242007-06-06T06:41:00.000+01:002007-06-06T06:41:00.000+01:00Looks like Tony Blair piddling into Margaret Thatc...Looks like Tony Blair piddling into Margaret Thatcher's lap.Adolf Fiinkenseinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045358863278087055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10356977754312409402007-06-05T19:37:00.000+01:002007-06-05T19:37:00.000+01:00Animated clip of logo now pulled from 2012 website...Animated clip of logo now pulled from 2012 website after complaints of people suffering fits induced by watching it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71969079076156012082007-06-05T18:56:00.000+01:002007-06-05T18:56:00.000+01:00There were various designs sent in to the BBC Brea...There were various designs sent in to the BBC Breakfast programme this morning and one was infinitely superior to this ridiculous logo. <BR/><BR/>If it was private money that paid for this, I hope the companies concerned are demanding their money back. <BR/><BR/>I also agree that there should be a permanent site for the Olympics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40304027335231742262007-06-05T17:30:00.000+01:002007-06-05T17:30:00.000+01:00Personally I think it looks like a design from a 1...Personally I think it looks like a design from a 1980's shell suit.Herculeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02130346743538740436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68138468656183036622007-06-05T14:40:00.000+01:002007-06-05T14:40:00.000+01:00I like the London 20120 logo, I think when you com...I like the London 20120 logo, I think when you compare it to the previous Olympic logos it really stands out!Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901853618033139515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1388065940005608472007-06-05T12:18:00.001+01:002007-06-05T12:18:00.001+01:00I'm sure I've seen this sort of thing on one of th...I'm sure I've seen this sort of thing on one of those fascist-dominated worlds visited by Captain Kirk and the starship Enterprise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57288684520457236262007-06-05T12:18:00.000+01:002007-06-05T12:18:00.000+01:00"I thought this was about promoting London! But it..."I thought this was about promoting London! But it's barely legible..."<BR/><BR/>That's OK, quite in line with the government campaign to make London barely literate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16995657380362694272007-06-05T12:05:00.000+01:002007-06-05T12:05:00.000+01:00The UK and Russia play these diplomatic games ever...The UK and Russia play these diplomatic games every now and then, they are nothing out of the ordinary in the relationship between the two states.<BR/><BR/>Putin is posturing for the sake of Russian internal politics. Russia needs its links with west so outside of its backyard it will be all noise and no bite.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709047467528798213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48017008480543858862007-06-05T10:58:00.000+01:002007-06-05T10:58:00.000+01:00Britain doesn't mean anything - so how could the d...Britain doesn't mean anything - so how could the deisgners design a concept for it.<BR/><BR/>As a Welshman I'd much prefere the 2012 Oplympics to be England's Olympics. There'd be 3 teams from the UK ... and a logo which meant something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57429707301232304672007-06-05T09:36:00.000+01:002007-06-05T09:36:00.000+01:00Dreadful post-modern identityless shitte! Exactly ...Dreadful post-modern identityless shitte! Exactly what you'de expect from the cultural phillistines of the multi-cult New Left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45048431686858717132007-06-05T09:30:00.000+01:002007-06-05T09:30:00.000+01:00Well, people appear to be inspired by the graphic ...Well, people appear to be inspired by the graphic design...not all those pics are worksafe... some are somewhat X-rated, so any shrinking violets(M or f), please don't click on those links:<BR/>http://forum.globalhousepricecrash.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1346<BR/>http://www.b3ta.com/board/popular/<BR/>http://b3ta.smakkie.com/olympicslogo.gif<BR/><BR/>We need a law that says that any public logo (re)design cannot cost more than one weeks average salary for a graphic designer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44244133016410599932007-06-05T07:36:00.000+01:002007-06-05T07:36:00.000+01:00Rabbit shagging?Elsewhere on the interweb people a...Rabbit shagging?<BR/><BR/>Elsewhere on the interweb people are saying this looks like Lisa Simpson giving Homer a hummer and it took me quite a while to see that, myself.<BR/><BR/>But rabbit shagging?<BR/><BR/>I take my hat off to the breadth (and splendid depravity) of your imagination, sir.The Remittance Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104149259707414863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81888173917357088732007-06-04T22:41:00.000+01:002007-06-04T22:41:00.000+01:00this just smacks of Nu Labour gravy train.why didn...this just smacks of Nu Labour gravy train.<BR/><BR/>why didnt they get the schools of the UK involved, and have a competition - with the winning logo voted Big Brother style by the general public?<BR/><BR/>Newsnight have mentioned "Lisa Simpson" in their opening credits... oh dear. this isnt boding too well for the Olympics themselves, if they can get a logo so badly wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80091978490976929492007-06-04T22:23:00.000+01:002007-06-04T22:23:00.000+01:00Yep, that's a swastikaYep, that's a swastikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84267595483765875422007-06-04T21:35:00.000+01:002007-06-04T21:35:00.000+01:0011913 Signatures on the petition already.11913 Signatures on the petition already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35883449110164448542007-06-04T21:30:00.000+01:002007-06-04T21:30:00.000+01:00Online pettion to change the logohttp://www.gopeti...Online pettion to change the logo<BR/><BR/>http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/change-the-london-2012-logo.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71774410996205420782007-06-04T21:26:00.000+01:002007-06-04T21:26:00.000+01:00My first reaction will probably be the same as eve...My first reaction will probably be the same as everybody else - IT'S CRAP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41335780880081168202007-06-04T21:07:00.000+01:002007-06-04T21:07:00.000+01:00It's nice to see you're revisiting the Great Olymp...It's nice to see you're revisiting the Great Olympic Swindle at long last, Iain. Was this why you were so in favour of tax money being used to bail it out?<BR/> Meanwhile on a planet much nearer home, realists are thinking that the Olympic gravy train is going to hit the buffers long before 2012. Let's all adjust to the fact that it ain't gonna happen, cut our losses and let some other city bankrupt itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73816810506789144352007-06-04T20:43:00.000+01:002007-06-04T20:43:00.000+01:00To paraphrase the excellent Dylan Moran - you coul...To paraphrase the excellent Dylan Moran - you could get a broom, dip it in some brake fluid and shove the other end up my arse, and then stick me on a trampoline in a moving lift and I could draw a better logo on the walls!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78825929747226070642007-06-04T19:57:00.000+01:002007-06-04T19:57:00.000+01:00Maybe they're predicting Londoners will return a U...Maybe they're predicting Londoners will return a UKIP GLA?wonkotsanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896256040598397497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2627908630341305002007-06-04T19:51:00.000+01:002007-06-04T19:51:00.000+01:00Are New Labour wooing UKIP by using their colours?...Are New Labour wooing UKIP by using their colours?Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80193242182338180842007-06-04T19:37:00.000+01:002007-06-04T19:37:00.000+01:00But why not just give the Olympic games back to t...But why not just give the Olympic games back to their rightful owners.<BR/><BR/>Would it be Sooo bad for the Athletic types to assemble in Greece every four years?<BR/><BR/>I can think of far worse places for them to meet up and London is one of the worst.<BR/><BR/>How come all those sporty and political types were full of media type shite today? That Logo is absolutely Dire.<BR/><BR/>WTF does failed Tory MP Seb Coe Know about graphic design and corporate branding? Jowell and Coe should be taken off the olympic project NOW before it all turns to RATSH1TE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59609289015331117012007-06-04T19:29:00.000+01:002007-06-04T19:29:00.000+01:00Ken must have sniggered when he saw this. Definit...Ken must have sniggered when he saw this. Definitely one in the eye for his sworn enemies in North London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com