Quoting Khaled Alkotob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Platt > > Something we agree on. I love modern design and innovation, but that > qualifies as neither in my book. > > If the article did not mention that it is supposed to be the numbers > 2012, I would have never seen that. > > Unfortunately it's the half ass attempt by a high brow design company to > make it look like urban art. They would have had better results asking a > few graffiti artists to submit their own entries. > > It's like abercrombie and fitch trying to make their clothes look they > were bought from thrift stores and still charging $40 a T-shirt. > > here is a link > > http://www.mbwebdesign.co.uk/blog/olympic-logos-that-arent-awful-london-2 > 012-organisers-take-note/ > > and in there you see the one Chicago submitted, i love the design and the > motto "stir the soul" > > There are ways to be different unique and good. > > It will be interesting to see if they will keep it or not.
Hi Khaled, Glad we agree. Did you gag on the $800,000 price tag for that design? I sure did. Reminded me of how much our government spends on toilet seats. The other designs shown on the page you referred to were enlightening. Thanks for the comparison. Best, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
