Comments on: 2014 Games http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/ Design inspiration from around the world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: V http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24941 V Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:50:53 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24941 This reminds me the OCP logo from Robocop. This is not necessarily a bad thing. http://mutantreviewers.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ocp_logo.jpg This reminds me the OCP logo from Robocop.

This is not necessarily a bad thing.

http://mutantreviewers.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ocp_logo.jpg

]]> By: JP http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24752 JP Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:01:01 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24752 see our thoughts on the subject here: http://www.turquoisebranding.com/viewpoint/ see our thoughts on the subject here: http://www.turquoisebranding.com/viewpoint/

]]> By: Darren http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24732 Darren Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:43:33 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24732 Where do you start with a comment like that of Margo MacDonald's. It beggars belief! Where do you start with a comment like that of Margo MacDonald’s. It beggars belief!

]]> By: Rydo http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24727 Rydo Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:50:15 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24727 I'm sure a lot of you out there — particularly in Scotland — have spent more time than you'd care to admit battling with clients to justify process / work / timesheets / costs / blah blah. The last thing any of us needs is high profile politicians making stupid throw-away comments in public which undermine our industry. I certainly don't appreciate some hack MSP having a cheap dig. I’m sure a lot of you out there — particularly in Scotland — have spent more time than you’d care to admit battling with clients to justify process / work / timesheets / costs / blah blah. The last thing any of us needs is high profile politicians making stupid throw-away comments in public which undermine our industry.

I certainly don’t appreciate some hack MSP having a cheap dig.

]]> By: Martin B http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24726 Martin B Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:23:13 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24726 To produce a logo that bears a clear similarity to one of your previous jobs, for an organisation in the same city, is always going to cause a bit of a stir. If it were me, I would have steered well clear of doing so and I'm sure many other designers who frequent this board would also. Taking a fair whack out of the public purse for a design very similar to something you've done previously will understandably rile politicians and the public. Perhaps we should consider how doing so portrays graphic designers and our industry before automatically playing the persecution card. The 2012 logo was/is controversial because it's a bold and adventurous design. I personally wasn't into it at first, but as the years go by it's starting to look pretty good. It's energetic and engaging, like the Olympics. To me the Glasgow 2014 logo feels stale and static, not particularly athletic. Perhaps I will be proven wrong again in time. However, pushing forward the background rationale to justify the design is completely back-to-front. The logo should communicate in its finished form. It's just us designers who are interested in the background chat and process. The finished result is ultimately what the punters and politicians should and will judge it on. To produce a logo that bears a clear similarity to one of your previous jobs, for an organisation in the same city, is always going to cause a bit of a stir. If it were me, I would have steered well clear of doing so and I’m sure many other designers who frequent this board would also.

Taking a fair whack out of the public purse for a design very similar to something you’ve done previously will understandably rile politicians and the public. Perhaps we should consider how doing so portrays graphic designers and our industry before automatically playing the persecution card.

The 2012 logo was/is controversial because it’s a bold and adventurous design. I personally wasn’t into it at first, but as the years go by it’s starting to look pretty good. It’s energetic and engaging, like the Olympics. To me the Glasgow 2014 logo feels stale and static, not particularly athletic. Perhaps I will be proven wrong again in time.

However, pushing forward the background rationale to justify the design is completely back-to-front. The logo should communicate in its finished form. It’s just us designers who are interested in the background chat and process. The finished result is ultimately what the punters and politicians should and will judge it on.

]]> By: Wealth of the Commons http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24720 Wealth of the Commons Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:09:59 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24720 As with all these identities, its painfully predictable how the mainstream press will react. Probably best just ignored, and do something creative instead. If anyone wants to forget the ‘pitching/getting commissioned/getting paid/getting a load of abuse/on a hiding to nothing/stuck between a rock and a hard place/’ma weans could do that’ way of doing things, you can leave all that behind and indulge in some parallel branding… all contributions welcome. http://wealthofthecommons.org.uk This site was launched on 08.03.09 in parallel with the ‘official’ games identity and suggests ways that sporting/cultural events and organisations could carry multiple identities and ways of designing/being/communicating, without the need for these cumbersome 20th century ways of conducting business. As with all these identities, its painfully predictable how the mainstream press will react. Probably best just ignored, and do something creative instead.

If anyone wants to forget the ‘pitching/getting commissioned/getting paid/getting a load of abuse/on a hiding to nothing/stuck between a rock and a hard place/’ma weans could do that’ way of doing things, you can leave all that behind and indulge in some parallel branding… all contributions welcome.

http://wealthofthecommons.org.uk

This site was launched on 08.03.09 in parallel with the ‘official’ games identity and suggests ways that sporting/cultural events and organisations could carry multiple identities and ways of designing/being/communicating, without the need for these cumbersome 20th century ways of conducting business.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24719 Andrew Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:22 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24719 Would work well for the Gotham City games! Would work well for the Gotham City games!

]]> By: Rydo http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24718 Rydo Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:55:00 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24718 Lothians independent MSP Margo MacDonald was shocked at the similarities between the logos. She said: "At a cost of £95,000, I do hope we don't have an old logo for the Commonwealth Games. "I know that when the SNP designed their iconic logo back in the Sixties, it cost them about £12. That would seem to be about the right price. The company that provided this logo deserve a medal for their entrepreneurial flair." (From Scotsman article, link provided by Nikolay) — So now we have half-wit politicians belittling our profession in the mainstream press. Great. (Actually, I wouldn't consider the Scotsman mainstream... it's a rag in broadsheet clothing.) Lothians independent MSP Margo MacDonald was shocked at the similarities between the logos. She said: “At a cost of £95,000, I do hope we don’t have an old logo for the Commonwealth Games. “I know that when the SNP designed their iconic logo back in the Sixties, it cost them about £12. That would seem to be about the right price. The company that provided this logo deserve a medal for their entrepreneurial flair.”
(From Scotsman article, link provided by Nikolay)
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So now we have half-wit politicians belittling our profession in the mainstream press. Great.

(Actually, I wouldn’t consider the Scotsman mainstream… it’s a rag in broadsheet clothing.)

]]> By: Darren http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24714 Darren Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:47:41 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24714 Promo vid is ace though! Promo vid is ace though!

]]> By: Darren http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2010/03/2014-games/#comment-24713 Darren Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:43:18 +0000 http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=11895#comment-24713 The accusations of plagiarism are I bit harsh in my opinion and I actually don't mind it. Like someone said earlier though, there's a definite feel of New York Art Deco'ness about it and I'm not sure that's right for Glasgow. The accusations of plagiarism are I bit harsh in my opinion and I actually don’t mind it.

Like someone said earlier though, there’s a definite feel of New York Art Deco’ness about it and I’m not sure that’s right for Glasgow.

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