Sunday, 22 July 2012

2012 Olympic logo - Antipodean designer?

   Last year there was a threat of an Iranian boycott of the Olympic Games due to the choice of the Olympic logo, in that if you rotated and re-arranged the numbers it would be possible to spell 'ZION'. This is quite plainly ridiculous.

   No, it is perfectly obvious that the designer at Wolf Olins was from, or had a close affinity to, the Antipodes. Either that or the Games organisers sought to harness a little of our sporting prowess to empower the athletes from Great Britain and other nations. What other reason could there be for stylised maps of both New Zealand and Australia appearing on the logo?
Map of Nu Zild a.k.a. Godzone
Number One
Map of Straya

The Big Fat Zero

 Completely evident isn't it! Now, whenever you look the Olympic logo you will not be able to see anything other than little old Enzed and that other island.

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