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London olympics logo: art or piece of crap?

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ok , you wanna hear something odd after all that money spent?

it was just on the news in London, people with Epilepsy have been effected by the strobing of the logo in the promotional video..

lets hope they change thing thing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6724245.stm
Watching animated olympics logo can kill you !
added on the 2007-06-05 23:40:49 by TomS4wy3R TomS4wy3R
At this moment 30473 people have called on to scrap and change the ridiculous logo unveiled for the London 2012 Olympics.

http://www.gopetition.co.uk/signatures.php?petid=12539
added on the 2007-06-05 23:46:17 by mg mg
lol / omg
added on the 2007-06-05 23:59:01 by bdk bdk
Check out the designers website.

http://www.wolff-olins.com/
added on the 2007-06-06 01:31:07 by mg mg
damn such a con!
added on the 2007-06-06 01:37:37 by Zest Zest
Damn, that site is on the money:
Quote:
We believe that the changing world opens up new opportunity

HELLO.JPG was more of an eye-opener than that excuse of a logo.
added on the 2007-06-06 02:37:34 by Shifter Shifter
It looks like intercourse between a man and something.
added on the 2007-06-06 02:51:28 by ATH500 ATH500
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added on the 2007-06-06 04:47:58 by EviL EviL
For those who missed it before it gets removed from the BBC website:

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added on the 2007-06-06 04:54:18 by keops keops
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/london2012/story/0,,2096488,00.html

Apparently the video, which the designers claimed was a big part of logo design, is causing people to be taken to hospital. Yes really. This is turning into a design horror story.

added on the 2007-06-06 13:10:01 by auld auld
auld : yep 8 people complained about it, affecting them health wise.. the mayor of london also commented on it, he's not a big fan of it either.

they should have made it open to the public, who designed it (perhaps uk only..sorry :-p ) i mean look at the logos on here.. they p*** all over the ones for that.



I starting to love that logo.
added on the 2007-06-06 13:37:33 by xernobyl xernobyl
i love its potential for maximum chaos
added on the 2007-06-06 13:59:52 by forestcre forestcre
ah i got it, it's London after bomb attacks.
added on the 2007-06-06 14:02:37 by Zest Zest
yes... given that the epitome of style for sportsmen is a tracksuit, putting this guy in charge of branding was a surefire winner...
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added on the 2007-06-06 14:12:25 by forestcre forestcre
Hah. I love that there are regulations determining how many flashy colours are allowed in TV content. How cool is that!
added on the 2007-06-06 14:16:33 by doomdoom doomdoom
hehe do you think that TV would broadcast mfx & fr breakpoint 2005 invitation ? ;D
added on the 2007-06-06 14:46:08 by Zest Zest
Or mfx's simulatio invitation
added on the 2007-06-06 15:09:24 by xernobyl xernobyl
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Oh... now I see it. But it takes a lot of imagination to get there! :|
added on the 2007-06-06 15:25:17 by xernobyl xernobyl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txXC6PwgEmc <- this is what's causing epilepsy attacks?
added on the 2007-06-06 15:28:17 by xernobyl xernobyl
Xernobyl : Well, I'm not really what you could call an "expert" :) but I happen to be very interested into brain functions, subliminal advertising and brain/light interactions, and all I can say after having watched this piece-of-crap animation is : if they actually _intended_ to cause epilectic fits, they wouldn't have done it any differently.

Hi-speed blinking, bright colors, geometric primitives rotating randomly and bursting out of nowhere, and especially the scene with the diver with the ugly splash effect.

This clip is extremly boring, and painful to watch even if you're not epileptic. I'm not surprised people with epileptic problems did react to this (note the strange music that causes a feeling of weirness). Now it's not hard to decide : either the author is a complete moron with no or little sense of consequences (mmmmmh no, I mean we're in 2007), either he did it on purpose (my opinion).
added on the 2007-06-06 16:02:33 by TomS4wy3R TomS4wy3R
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyq5HWDCvyM

heheh can the intarweb change 'history' ? :D
added on the 2007-06-06 16:08:15 by Zest Zest

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