Posted in Design on June 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
BBC News: A nationwide festival to showcase the best of British culture has been announced for the four years running up to the 2012 Olympics in London. There are 10 major projects planned, including an International Shakespeare Festival and an Olympic Carnival. Organisers are calling it “the largest-ever Cultural Olympiad”, and are encouraging individuals, artists […]
Posted in Design on June 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Brandisaster 2012: The London Olympics
Paul Hirsch from Whir.com writes: “I know enough about branding and the corporate identity process to be pretty dangerous, but it takes a special level of skill to be as dangerous as Wolff Olins, the creators of the logo and brand package of the London 2012 Olympic Games.” More…
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Posted in Design on June 5th, 2007 No Comments »
BBC News: The logo for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics has been unveiled in a star-studded ceremony in London. The jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, comes in a series of shades of pink, blue, green and orange and will evolve in the run-up to the Games. More…