Comments on: Bob Slayed On The Motorway http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/bob-slayed-on-the-motorway/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:20:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matt http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/bob-slayed-on-the-motorway/#comment-473194 Matt Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:08:45 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12109#comment-473194 For better or worse, First-Nations iconography is part of Vancouver's self-image. The airport is dominated by a great piece of Haida sculpture in it, the hockey team's logo draws on it, arguably their best museum is devoted to it and any bit of commercial art that wants to mark itself as typically Vancouver will probably stick in some indigenous looking swirls. At best it's a sign of a wider willingness to engage with their culture, at worst it's just the empty posing of a city that loves to think of itself as the embodiment of post-hippy, nature-loving liberalism. I have no idea if there will be any First Nation's competitors in the Olympics, I guess not, but it does seem a very "Vancouver" logo to me. I can't recall any other Olympic logos, so I'd tend to agree with PeteM about their badness. For better or worse, First-Nations iconography is part of Vancouver’s self-image. The airport is dominated by a great piece of Haida sculpture in it, the hockey team’s logo draws on it, arguably their best museum is devoted to it and any bit of commercial art that wants to mark itself as typically Vancouver will probably stick in some indigenous looking swirls. At best it’s a sign of a wider willingness to engage with their culture, at worst it’s just the empty posing of a city that loves to think of itself as the embodiment of post-hippy, nature-loving liberalism.

I have no idea if there will be any First Nation’s competitors in the Olympics, I guess not, but it does seem a very “Vancouver” logo to me. I can’t recall any other Olympic logos, so I’d tend to agree with PeteM about their badness.

]]> By: SteveM http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/bob-slayed-on-the-motorway/#comment-472825 SteveM Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:54:10 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12109#comment-472825 I agree with points 1-6 being examples of why it's bad but I disagree that all Olympic logos are bad (tho in some cases they are compelling iconic motifs in their own right but problematic in context or under current brand design thinkins). Also I don't see what relevance an Inuit symbol has to the Winter Olympics just because they're happening in Vancouver, esp. given the minimal interest or participation in the event I would expect from people of that culture (but feel free to correct me on this one). I agree with points 1-6 being examples of why it’s bad but I disagree that all Olympic logos are bad (tho in some cases they are compelling iconic motifs in their own right but problematic in context or under current brand design thinkins).

Also I don’t see what relevance an Inuit symbol has to the Winter Olympics just because they’re happening in Vancouver, esp. given the minimal interest or participation in the event I would expect from people of that culture (but feel free to correct me on this one).

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/bob-slayed-on-the-motorway/#comment-472810 Pete Baran Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:30:47 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12109#comment-472810 Things wrong with it: 1) It looks like a stick man 2) It lacks any sort of dynamism that sport might suggest (even rubbish winter sports) 3) The colours are a bit OTT, and not even the official Olympic colours. 4) IT MOOKS LI A RUSH ALBUM COVER 5) IT LOOKS LIKE A MOTORWAY SIGN 6) The "head" has a chirpy little mouth which destroys any symbolism from the design and makes it look like a demented pacman has got loose. That said ALL Olympic logos are bad, so they are not straying from the rules. Things wrong with it:
1) It looks like a stick man
2) It lacks any sort of dynamism that sport might suggest (even rubbish winter sports)
3) The colours are a bit OTT, and not even the official Olympic colours.
4) IT MOOKS LI A RUSH ALBUM COVER
5) IT LOOKS LIKE A MOTORWAY SIGN
6) The “head” has a chirpy little mouth which destroys any symbolism from the design and makes it look like a demented pacman has got loose.

That said ALL Olympic logos are bad, so they are not straying from the rules.

]]> By: Matt http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/bob-slayed-on-the-motorway/#comment-472780 Matt Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:47:18 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12109#comment-472780 What's bad about it ? What’s bad about it ?

]]> By: SteveM http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/08/bob-slayed-on-the-motorway/#comment-472777 SteveM Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:32:34 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12109#comment-472777 Now THAT is a bad logo. Now THAT is a bad logo.

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