2012 London Olympic Logo (Rant)

[Leogeddon]

London 2012

That logo, Which I could recreate in less than 10 minutes on MSPaint

Anyone know how much it cost?

FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS!

£400,000

For what? A quick 10 minute job I'd be happy accepting a fiver for?

Can somebody tell me why this cost £400,000?

No need, I already know the answer.

London 2012 has stated that the new logo is aimed at reaching young people. Sebastian Coe stated that it builds upon everything that the organising committee has said "about reaching out and engaging young people, which is where our challenge is over the next five years". One observer, a managing director of an advertising agency, noted that the logo bore a strong resemblance to the logo for children's television programme Tiswas, commenting that appealing to young people is difficult, and that they will see right through attempts to patronise them.

That's why.. Because it's aimed at young children.

Let me tell you this, Sebastian Coe, Olympics owners, and whoever charged £400,000 for that friggin' logo. If anything, the olympics is not going to reach out to the children. It's difficult to reach out to young people? OF COURSE IT [more censorship] IS! Why? Because you're spending £400,000 on absolute BOLLOCKS!

This logo doesn't look like something that'll bring us all together. If anything it looks like a broken window or something. If that logo has any intended purpose, it's to split us apart.

Look at the 'Bidding' Logo..

Simple, Effective, and stands for sticking together a damnsite more than this new one does,

Can I just make one more point?

Even if the logo WAS decent.. A logo can't inspire people. A logo CAN NOT make people want to get involved.

What does?

THE IDEAS BEHIND IT BEING REINFORCED POSITIVELY!

How about this.. Instead of paying some DIMWIT £400,000 for a 10 minute MSPaint job.. SPEND £400,000 ON FRIGGIN SCHOOLS AND HELP KIDS THAT WAY, MORONS!

Now I don't work in the public sector.. But when we can't ****ing fund schools, or the NHS, but we CAN fund this?

Leaves only one question.
"What the heck are you playing at, Government!?"

sorry for my language, i tried to censor it as much as i could... but that really felt good getting out