[hiteshmehta]

If i have missed out any then do comment about it and i shall update it. And, if you find any errors/mistake in identifying the logo and the year then please do comment about it and ofcoz do tell me WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVOURITE AND WHY? Lets discuss some learnings from these logos.

Check out the compilation: » 50 Olympic Logos from 1924 till 2016

Finally share with us what was your call on the 2012 London Olympic Logo?

[steveb]

Tokyo 64 is the very best logo. Not only for its utter simplicity but for its bravery too - it was the first time since the war ended 19 years previously that Japan had dared to display its national symbol.

The Munich 72 gets my second best vote. I love OpArt and have done a lot of work around that theme myself, so I naturally liked that. Munich also recreated an entire system of icons to represent the different events which is still the graphic basis for visual communication all over the world, especially in transport systems (metro, airport etc).

Chicago's logo looks very fine - the skyline is not familiar to me but I immediately understood that the flames represent it. Very clever and stylish.

We have already dissed (=dismissed) the London 2012 logo elsewhere on this forum, so please search yourself for "London 2012" if you want to read our opinions.

[hiteshmehta]

Hi Steve,

appreciate your reply to this post

Yes i have already read a lot of reviews on 2012 London Logo and i have made couple of post at my blog too.. have received a plenty of comments thr too... check them out.

> 2012 Olympics Logo Unveiled. Is this a logo?

> The logo design which created headlines!!!

[steveb]

Good links. I found this interesting opinion.

"I would say that it is a logo. It is a logo because they call it a logo

Is it good? What message is it trying to convey? That London is a shambles of falling and twisted skyscrapers? I am not sure that is the designer’s intention, but that is the feeling I get from it.

Alternately, it could look like a slim teenager snatching a handbag from an elderly lady with big hair.

Either way, an unsavoury image."

[Spooky]

Atlanta 1996 gets my vote.
I also quite like Calgary 1988 too.

[sub]

I still can't work out what was wrong with the proposed London 2012 branding?

[hiteshmehta]

some how this compilation of logos took me couple of days to search and lay it... i wud recommend you guys to give a DIGG to this post... somewer its lost in the digg community... can we bring life to this compilation with more diggs?

Digg - 50 Olympic Logos from 1924 till 2016

[Alexanda]

Tokyo, Munich, Moscow, Mexico. The rest are shit

[digipaint]

Moscow and Helsinki for me.

[dtrenz]

Mexico, Munich, Moscow, Helsinki... the rest are utter shit.

Atlanta '96?!?! really?!?!

there hasn't been a decent one since the 80s.

<snob style="flame-worthy: true">
this is one of those threads that really separates the people 
with an eye for graphic design/typography from the hacks.
</snob>

edit: actually, torino is actually alright. and the new London one is growing on me. thank god they didn't go with "2012don"

[dcypher.co.uk]

History shows that we have had both good and bad logos over the years

[Paddy]

That's the best IMO. Closely followed by Tokyo.

[parkyy2k]

Originally Posted by paddyduke

That's the best IMO. Closely followed by Tokyo.

second that, rest of them are rubbish

[dcpweb]

Hi,

I think the best logo is Osaka 2008. Clean and simple is what I like about the logo.

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p shah - Different Colour Productions - Web Design and Development

[Herr Kurm]

Originally Posted by paddyduke

That's the best IMO. Closely followed by Tokyo.

a really big cock that is....

[Lotricthus]

Torino 2006 and NYC 2012

[sevenfour]

Osaka 2008

[Coops]

Munich '72 - ace. Rest - not ace.

[JRDesigner]

Torino 06 and NYC 2012 for me! Both lovely

[RoiPerez]

<3 Chicago 2016