i cant beleive this

[Envision1]

http://www.vancouver2010.com/EN/NewsAndEvents/News/NewsItems/050423_Introducing_ILANAAQ.htm

they chose this

[Ulysses]

Canadians ... huh!? (no offense, Broacher)

[EC]

eeek!

[Neballer]

Awesome. Kokanees (http://www.kokaneebeer.com/) for everyone!

[Ulysses]

That link "Are you legal?" ... you can imagine illegal imigrants appropriately responding to that can't you!?

[Neballer]

ILLEGAL CANADIANS!? oh crap! where!

[Drorain]

that logo...it doesnt signify olympics at all...looks like a typical overweight...blob or couch potato...Why would the choose a multicolored michelin man over some design of a person running with a torch or something

[Ulysses]

Yeah ... what gives with ditching the old torch logo?

[Eraser Nubbin]

I kind of like it, it sure beats Hidy and Howdy.

[Ulysses]

Hey, where is y' face, murdock? [sorry .. I thought that was really funny]

[Broacher]

Folks, this has been a hornet's nest in the design community up here. Not so much for the winning graphic, but for how the whole process was handled, and what the whole 'statement' that running an open design competition for such a high profile project says about the status of the profession and the professional organisations (the GDC, and the RGD) over here. A lot of fine designers have risked a lot by speaking out 'against' AND also 'for' -- the way it all was organised.

Myself, I think we could probably at least make some interesting TV dinner trays from the final logo.

[Ulysses]

Do multi-coloured people flush down toilets okay? We could do a mexican logo flush.

[MD]

It kind of reminds me of a hockey goalie - what's more Canadian that that?
or on second thought maybe that kid wearing too many layers from a christmas story.

[Ulysses]

He don't look like a designer. I think he's pulling a stunt, and is going to announce himself on one of those reality tv shows where people have to convince professionals that they are top of their profession, when in fact, they have been given training just days prior. That would be so funny.

[Magnus]

What the Shit do Innuits have to do with the olympic games.

Sorry...Canada's bad. Yep, there you have it folks...that's a good representation of where the canadian mind is when it comes to "good design".

Excuse my while I emigrate to Cuba.

[Drorain]

oh ...if I took time to read I would have understood what the symbol is...BUT then again a good logo is supposed to not need TO much explantation right? To me it looks like crucified fat guy...THEY KILLED SANTA!

[jamodu]

Personally I like the logo! Maybe if you lot reckon you could do better....you should put your money where your mouth is and post some designs :D

[uncle carbunkle]

that's the spirit, jamodu! ;)

[Ulysses]

I couldn't do it any better ... I'm not a logo designer. Still, it doesn't change the fact it isn't as good as the old logo.

[jamodu]

I couldn't do it any better ... I'm not a logo designer. Still, it doesn't change the fact it isn't as good as the old logo.

Its certainly better that Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996 and Barcelona 1992 :D

http://www.janecky.com/olympics/images/gamelogos/2000-logo.gif
http://kelly.jefferson.net/olympics/atlanta.gif
http://coca-cola-collection.com/Logo-barcelona1992.jpg

[Neuro]

I personally don't agree with the way they go about getting a logo for the games. I do however think the thoughts for the logo were good. Not sure most ppl will understand the relationship between the logo and what it actually is.

[Ryan8720]

I like the Atlanta one. I'm not one for colorful blob people. The Vancouver one looks like a big dumb rock golem, but multicolored.

[Ulysses]

I wasn't even aware they'd change it that many times, jamodu. Shows how much I follow the olympics doesn't it!?

[Broacher]

The NYC one has much better integration of the rings and the middle text.

I think maybe the Inukshuk design might have worked better if they left it in a more 'natural' rougher edged shape and toss out all that crap about the colours representing all parts of the 'Canadian mosaic' or whatever. The multi-colour smoothed edges reminds me of stickless popsicles or something. Who knows? The whole design may have been much stronger before the committees started chewing on it. This whole job has that kind of 'smell'.

[paulrandfan]

that is the ugliest thing I've ever seen.

[uncle carbunkle]

i don't know how, or why, the inukshuk was chosen. however, i think it fits both the olympic identity and conveys 'inukshuk' quite concisely.

see examples of inukshuk here (http://images.google.ca/images?q=inukshuk&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi), and compare for yourself.

[morea]

Who nows? The whole design may have been much stronger before the committees started chewing on it. This whole job has that kind of 'smell'.

No kidding.

[Broacher]

Like I said, the idea isn't bad-- it's the execution. The Inuit are superb, world class stone carvers. But unlike the Statue of Liberty, the inukshuks were never intended to be taken as representative of their level of 'skill', their function being far more utilitarian along the lines of a sign post, with available materials. Hmm... on second thought...

The symbol of an Olympic Games a metaphor for being able to work with available resources? I'm sure if the real inukshuks were designed by an Olympics committee who routinely award games to the city that promises to go farthest into bankruptcy building new facilities that will be used by so few for such a short time, that they'd have to made out of platinum or gold and designed by an army of imported engineers and consultants who were certified to perform the work.

That's why I think they should have went for a more graphic representation of the 'crude' but beautiful linework that a real inukshuk contains. As a communications device made with available materials in a harsh environment, you have to admit that an inukshuk is a pretty remarkable design solution.

[lkw]

I heard from another designer who did his research that Inushuk was orignally used as a guide for hunters to hunt for caribous... how does this represent olympic?

[morea]

I heard from another designer who did his research that Inushuk was orignally used as a guide for hunters to hunt for caribous... how does this represent olympic?

I think that you said the magic word, "guide".

The article describes the inukshuk as "a stone sculpture used by Canada's Inuit people as directional landmarks across the northern Canadian lands of snow and ice. Over time, the inukshuk has become a representation of hope, friendship and an external expression of the hospitality of a nation that warmly welcomes the people of the world with open arms."

While I am not a huge fan of the execution of the logo, I don't think that it was a bad concept.

[Jeff92]

Gumby is back baby!

I agree with Morea. It is a great concept, it is just that you need to explain what the hell it is. Which kinda defeats the purpose of a well design logo, yeah-know?

And imagine that it was actually a design firm that put it out.. wow.

Personnally, i think that the commitee should bar firms from entering this kind of contest. That kind of money towards an individiual or small group would mean a lot more. Imagine some 9 year old kid winning! Or heck, ME! Wow, whatta concept......

[uncle carbunkle]

i'd never pass the 'banned substances' screening.