Comments on: The London Logo’s Other Problem? It’s Ridiculous http://larison.org/2007/06/06/the-london-logos-other-problem-its-ridiculous/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Christopher B. Hayes http://larison.org/2007/06/06/the-london-logos-other-problem-its-ridiculous/#comment-6905 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:12:39 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/06/06/the-london-logos-other-problem-its-ridiculous/#comment-6905 People griped about the 2002 Salt Lake City logo and mascots, and they looked fantastic compared to London's piece. From a design perspective, this is very poor. Good design communicates specifically, while entropy confuses. They seem to be trying to say "Anarchy In The UK!", which would be nice and all for the Sid Vicious crowd, if it weren't associated with the corporatized bloated merchandising behemoth that is the Olympics. As is, what the logo really communicates is "we paid people to make us look hip - we're down with the Four Eleven!". All they need now is Ronald McDonald wearing a studded black leather biker jacket with the London 2012 logo emblazoned on the back, eating organic free-range Chicken McNuggets and hitting yoga poses while wearing inline skates. With some generic hip-hop playing in the background, of course. Go Ronald! You 'Da Man! People griped about the 2002 Salt Lake City logo and mascots, and they looked fantastic compared to London’s piece. From a design perspective, this is very poor. Good design communicates specifically, while entropy confuses. They seem to be trying to say “Anarchy In The UK!”, which would be nice and all for the Sid Vicious crowd, if it weren’t associated with the corporatized bloated merchandising behemoth that is the Olympics.

As is, what the logo really communicates is “we paid people to make us look hip - we’re down with the Four Eleven!”. All they need now is Ronald McDonald wearing a studded black leather biker jacket with the London 2012 logo emblazoned on the back, eating organic free-range Chicken McNuggets and hitting yoga poses while wearing inline skates. With some generic hip-hop playing in the background, of course.

Go Ronald! You ‘Da Man!

]]> by: Grumpy Old Man http://larison.org/2007/06/06/the-london-logos-other-problem-its-ridiculous/#comment-6899 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:53:21 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/06/06/the-london-logos-other-problem-its-ridiculous/#comment-6899 The figure on the upper left is the Pakis, on the upper right the remaining Englishmen, West Indians and Bangladeshis on the lower left, and the 500K Froggies and the Poles who now live in London on the lower right. As Randy Newman <a href="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/randy-newman/the-world-isnt-fair.html" rel="nofollow">put it</a> <blockquote>"If Marx were living today he'd be rolling around in his grave."</blockquote> Not to speak of Dick Whittington, Dr. Johnson, Admiral Nelson, and Evelyn Waugh, to name a few. The figure on the upper left is the Pakis, on the upper right the remaining Englishmen, West Indians and Bangladeshis on the lower left, and the 500K Froggies and the Poles who now live in London on the lower right.

As Randy Newman put it

“If Marx were living today
he’d be rolling around in his grave.”

Not to speak of Dick Whittington, Dr. Johnson, Admiral Nelson, and Evelyn Waugh, to name a few.

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