London Olympic logo released.

I think this one for the next WC in South Africa is pretty good.

 

This one wasn't too bad.

 

Perhaps I was thinking mascot more than logo. Usually the mascot is like a walking douchebag or a puddle of cum with an inverted G written in Tahoma, or grits.

Nothing beats Springy, the Springfield Spring.

 

An Olympic logo that looks like the dental X-rays of the host nation's denizens. Seems perfect to me.

Seriously, though, I think most of the recent Olympic logos have been pretty cool, but maybe the London organizers felt the need to get away from the versions of the stylized "human figure" that have been so prevalent (Barcelona, Sydney, Beijing, Vancouver), just as Torino opted not to have the 1,000,000th Winter Olympics logo that looked like a snowflake.

But that doesn't excuse the London logo, which is pretty awful regardless of its intentions.

 

I was only a kid at the time, but I remember well Naranjito, the Spain 1982 mascot.

 

Otto would totally kick his ass.

 

I love people who say things like "this will appeal to young people!" as an excuse for poor decision making and ugly design. Especially when the people deciding what will appeal to those young people obviously have no clue.

I am a young people. and both the decisions made by people in the newspaper industry under the guise of attracting young people and this logo just make me roll my eyes.

 

Kritter47 - spot on...

And we're talking about five years from now. When was the last time something "that appealed to young people" continued to "appeal" to them five years later...

 

The Simpsons?

 

Well since everyone thinks this is horrible right now, maybe in 2012 it will be hip and with the times.

 

It's doubtful pink puzzle pieces will ever be hip.

 

Yeah, but five years before it happened, who thought a pet rock would be hip? I think you underestimate the power of the "So bad it's good" crowd.