Olympic Logos

[Alphabet Man]

don't think these have been spoken about, if so, sorry

Torino, Italy 2006 Winter Games

Beijing, China 2008 Summer Games

Vancouver, Canada 2010 Winter Games

i think the Vancouver logo is the best out of the three, the others are too basic for my liking

[kc51design]

I think Vancouver is the worst out of those. I like them all, but by far my favorite is torino, so classy and simple, nice color, and it represent everything it needs to represent, a mountain, a church staple from St. Antonia in Torino, a snowflake, and it?s in Italian national team color (Azzuri).

Bejing is alos nice, I'm sure it has deeper meaning then just a running guy, while Vancouver is also nice, can deny that.

[Cuss16]

I think the vancouver one is just the bid logo, the one for the actual games is still being decided.

[Primal]

I like them all, but by far my favorite is torino, so classy and simple, nice color, and it represent everything it needs to represent, a mountain, a church staple from St. Antonia in Torino, a snowflake, and it?s in Italian national team color (Azzuri).

I find Torino's the worst, simply because it needs to be explained to make sense. I had no idea there was a steeple of note in Torino, see a star rather than a snowflake in the pattern, don't get the impression of "mountain" (I see "perspective twist effect" or maybe "reaching to the sky"), and that's not the shade of blue that I associate with the Azzurri.

For an international audience, I feel the Vancouver and Beijing logos convey the locale better.

[machpost]

I like the Torino logo the best. Very clean.

The Beijing logo is the weakest, in my opinion. It's just ugly!

[HurricaneDavid]

I think Vancouver is the best by far. Beijing looks like that character is made out of spaghetti.

[Alphabet Man]

Made in China i suppose

[CC97]

Yes, Vancouver's logo is just the bid logo, they still have yet to unveil their actual olympic logo.

[Cuss16]

I think Vancouver is the best by far.  Beijing looks like that character is made out of spaghetti.

I think that's because you don't understand what it means, it's actually a chinese character meaning Beijing. I personally think it's a very well-done logo because it has that traditional Chinese feel in it while at the same time conveying the spirit of sports and Beijing through the style of the logo.

And I am not sure if it's true or not, but the squigly lines seem to represent the great wall. Anybody knows?

[-kj]

They need to use that logo for Vancouver, because it's very nice. The Torino one's ok, if a bit abstract. Meaning behind it or not, the Beijing logo just looks sloppy. That, and it looks like they've recycled the font from Sydney.

[rmered]

I think Vancouver is the best by far.  Beijing looks like that character is made out of spaghetti.

I think that's because you don't understand what it means, it's actually a chinese character meaning Beijing. I personally think it's a very well-done logo because it has that traditional Chinese feel in it while at the same time conveying the spirit of sports and Beijing through the style of the logo.

And I am not sure if it's true or not, but the squigly lines seem to represent the great wall. Anybody knows?

I learnt Chinese for 5 years, and I've never seen a Chinese character as flexible as that. They've very square, and rigid.

Chinese don't use a circle at all, so the logo looks like a sloppily put together person.

Head, body, out of proportion legs, made to look like a Chinese character, if you didn't know what one looked like.

To suggest it's the character for Bei Jing, which is made up of two words, is someone's media spin.

The emblem named "Dancing Beijing" is a red Chinese seal with a lively dancing figure (形象) drawn in calligraphy (书法). The figure looks like the Chinese character "Jing" meaning Beijing. 北京

(It doesn't really)

I prefer Vancouver for the sailing boat, the moutains and the maple leaf.

Everything about it says Vancouver.

[the_cynic]

The Beijing one isn't bad at all. What exactly makes the Vancouver logo better?

[jrodsep]

Beijing looks like that character is made out of spaghetti.

And here I was thinking that it was a bamboo string playing soccer... silly me.

[buffalo soldier]

i like the torino one the best, just looks very cool imo. i like the bejing logo the least, just a personal preference (which brings us to this question - aren't all preferences personal? its a thinker )

[MJWalker45]

I like Torino the best of all three. But i thought Beijing broke out a different logo at the close of the Athens games. Vancouver's just looks like it should have Canada thrown underneath, not Olympics

[Cyclopsis Joe]

Ok, everyone talks about what Beijing's is supposed to be..what is Torino's supposed to be?

[kc51design]

Ok, everyone talks about what Beijing's is supposed to be..what is Torino's supposed to be?

If you would read the whole topic, you would know by now. Clue: look at second post of this topic.

[DEAD!]

I prefer Vancouver for the sailing boat, the moutains and the maple leaf.

Everything about it says Vancouver.

All that's missing is some "weed"

[Diablo de Tejas]

I find Torino's the worst, simply because it needs to be explained to make sense. I had no idea there was a steeple of note in Torino, see a star rather than a snowflake in the pattern, don't get the impression of "mountain" (I see "perspective twist effect" or maybe "reaching to the sky"), and that's not the shade of blue that I associate with the Azzurri.

For an international audience, I feel the Vancouver and Beijing logos convey the locale better.

I agree to an extent. Not knowing what the design is supposed to be, makes me less inclined to like it over the other ones. Still, aesthetically it's nice.

[the_cynic]

I could be wrong but maybe it resembles the Mole Antonelliana located within the city.