By artboomer on November 27, 2007 - 1:05pm
Thanks but no thanks VANOC. We already have your Olympic logo which can easily dub as a mascot or two - with chosen names like: "Chuck", "Homer", and "Gumby". Choosing such a Winter Games Olympic icon that is first and foremost a sacred native heritage religious symbol took a lot of guts as the intended theme of this symbol has nothing to do with winter sports of any kind. But thank you for at least having the insight in selecting an image that "invites" open dialogue - an open mouth for satirical comment!
Is that Steve Miller's song "The Joker" I hear in the background...back to the drawing board.
By artboomer on November 27, 2007 - 9:29am
This morning VANOC unveils its two mascots. WHY. We already have an Olympic Winter Games logo that can easily be dubbed/work as a couple mascots. Like Chuck (Inukchuk), Gumby just to name two. And VANOC thanks for choosing a logo that did not follow your own design logo guidelines. "Sea to Sky, winter games, motion, capturing the essence in bringing together olympians into a global arena". Now it is time for us designers who entered your rigged design logo contest to strike back! Thank you so much for selecting a religious/spiritual symbol that has absolutely no connections to any sporting event winter or otherwise! But what I do like about it (a definite shortsightedness on your part VANOC) is it has an "open mouth begging for satirical comment" On behalf of all artists who entered your logo design contest thank you for opening "Gumby's" - I mean "Chuck's" mouth!
We will feast off your tunnel vision and lack of creative Olympian design...Back to the drawing board.
