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  • new London2012 logo

    Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 12:13AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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    Official figures being swished around the media, budgets the cost of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at around the USD 40 Billion mark ...... was it worth it? ..... certainly Zhang Yimou et al, made sure we got a good show out of it .....

    Apparently, on seeing what a wonderful Olympiad the Chinese have made of the Beijing 2008 version, the UK IOC has now boosted its original fund for London 2012 of USD 3 Billion to 9.7 Billion before the Beijing games started ..... to now the latest figure this week of USD 12 Billion .... it's lotta lotta money for a country with a population of just 60M  ....... so, let's all wait and see how the Brits do in four years time ....



    Personally, i 'm so happy that they have madeover the yucky purple original version of the logo with the a revised Union Jack version they unveiled in Beijing ..... the shapes are still a bit odd, but at least the color scheme now makes some logical sense!

    Here's a clip of the intro handover video that London 2012 showed at closing ceremony in last week ..... http://www.london2012.com/blog/2008/08/25/handover-ceremony-opening-clip.php


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  • butter
    butter 
    posted on Wednesday, Sep 3, 2008 12:21AM [Report]
    This is definitely more aesthetically pleasing than the original.
  • kylie.kiu
    Official artist morto . KylieKiu 
    posted on Tuesday, Sep 2, 2008 7:20PM [Report]
    about the logo, that remind me about puzzle, broken glasses, broken flag.... oh! no!~ might be there are a very long story about its metaphor, who knows?
  • peachey
    peachey 
    posted on Tuesday, Sep 2, 2008 6:29AM [Report]
    Oh, this revised logo is much prettier. You will let us know what is the mascot, won't you?

    I hope London doesn't try to out-open Beijing's games. Nothing's more embarrassing than trying too hard and still coming up "short."
  • Etchy
    Etchy 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 12:51PM [Report]
    uk may have a smaller population, but they have a higher income rate...  and keep in mind that olympics don't /have/ to cost 40 billion, i think Athens cost less than like 10...
  • patrickchow
    Official artist Patrick Chow 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 12:06PM
    this union jack version definitely is less of aneyesore ..... hopefully, it will grow on me ....

    but remembering now, a few years back when i first saw the Beijing logo and mascots .... i was just as perplexed .... haha!

    so there is still hope ...
  • moonchild72
    moonchild72 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 10:09AM [Report]
    This version's HECKA BETTER than that 1st one .. still plenty of time to revise, if need be xD
  • ButtNekkid
    ButtNekkid 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 10:01AM [Report]
    haha Still..a bit odd. I plan to head over there to watch it in 2012 - wanna come along mate?
  • Dreamy
    Dreamy 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 6:25AM [Report]
    i dunno how they're going to make it look good, especially after china's performance..

    the logo is not bad
  • reniwong
    Official artist Reni Wong 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 4:15AM [Report]
    it looks good.
  • kerryh91
    kerryh91 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 3:41AM [Report]
    definitely better than the last.
    hope they hold some events at St James Park!
  • torpedogang
    torpedogang 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 3:32AM [Report]
    definitely a lot better!
    i expect you'll be coming back for it huh?hehhehe
  • wendycheng
    Official artist Wendy Cheng 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 12:59AM [Report]
    I was reading about the 44 bill budget too. Apparently that was the cost of every single thing they did starting from 2001 - cleanup, demolishing, building. Hopefully some of it will last. Also, compare that to the 50 bill or so they spent on defense and the 400 some billion the US spent on defense!
  • Melly
    Melly 
    posted on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 12:26AM [Report]
    The logos not bad, but they still have time to refine it :D

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