Poll #996934 The new olympics 'brand' is
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the message that London 2012 will be "Everyone's Games".
0 (0.0%)
A disfigured swastika 20 (35.1%)
Lisa Simpson giving head 29 (50.9%)
Terrible 33 (57.9%)
A blatent Madness rip-off 6 (10.5%)
A Designer's Republic rip-off 5 (8.8%)
A great big joked designed by the owners of an awful website 16 (28.1%)
A cubist depiction of oral 27 (47.4%)
A perfectly valid logo for a massive global event that we're already bored hearing about 7 (12.3%)
A snowflake 4 (7.0%)
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guido_was_taken 8 (14.0%)
Something else I'll suggest in the comments 2 (3.5%)
Um, yeah. There's a petition, I haven't signed it as I really couldn't care less, but if you do, feel free.
mapp has the best of the BBC's alternative submissions. ETA: Oh, and anw's entry linked above got metaquoted as well. Also? No comment notifications. At all. Not ignoring you, honest.ETA 2: Via Duncan, they have a video. Does that help understand it and make it work better for anyone? No, thought not.
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* drags you off for a good spanking until you see the error of your ways *
In short, it is exactly what I'd expect of such a thing.
*kicks LJ and hopes for notifications to switch back on*
I can only echo what I said further down. It's perfect for 'modern London'.
"aaaaah maybe it's a modern interpretation of Timmy's mallet having been attacked with a flamethrower and lying in a puddle of pinky yellow molten foam"
* tries not to think of that single he had that got to number one *
Am I helping?
*innocent look*
Besides which you merely mentioning it has got the damn thing stuck in my head!!!!
ENJOY!
Pass on my regards to the old farts.
bring it on myself. I know.
Besides, if they keep the thing, think of all the fun you can have pointing out how obscene it is when it's on display publicly.
What really disgusts me is that they've shunted the existing website (ie the one about the Games) over to main.london2012.com while www.london2012.com just blithers on about the brand. Ridiculous from an SEO standpoint.
Wait, don't answer that one. Their blog is OK though; built by one of my LJ friends and his team.
Do like matt's version though, makes it a bit too obvious but still.
So the fact that it looks like an ugly, crass badly done piece of vandalism seems to work OK.
Right?
I mean, sod trying to figure out what it is - has anyone seen a post with someone saying they're perfectly happy with it the way it is? That wasn't a politician or on the payroll? Or bat-shit crazy?
Thought not. (Until somebody proves me wrong anyway...)
Brilliant, yes, agreed.
As to why replace it? No idea, makes no sense at all. Except they had £400K to burn.
It took about 24 hours before I realised it said "2012". I'm with the ruder interpretations, definitely.
Did they ask even one member of the public? Completely rubbish.