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I still have a softspot for

pattyfab — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:25:21 -0700

I still have a softspot for Mex 1968

http://www.aldaver.com/Images/Os/lg1968sm.jpg

btw, this is a very useful site for olympics logos!

http://www.aldaver.com/

I like this one. Know a few

Linda Cunningham — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:45:47 -0700

I like this one. Know a few people involved with the 1988 Calgary XV Winter Olympics logo, which is still one of my favourites, and have seen few since that compare favourably. The Chicago colours are great (although it also needs to repro well in B/W, and I’m not sure this one will), and I do like the reference to Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.

Moo!

Linda

This is really nice and is

Miss Tiffany — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:02:16 -0700

This is really nice and is growing on me. It has the feeling of old lithographic posters somehow. I’ll be interested to see how they use it across media and material.

I just stumbled upon a

j_p_giese — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:35:43 -0700

I just stumbled upon a bigger pic (finally).
Gil might want to replace the smaller pic in his first post.

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(As expected: the bigger the logo, the smaller the TM.)

definitely one of the nicest

claes — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:35:56 -0700

definitely one of the nicest Olympics-related logos i’ve seen in a long, long time.

Diddy Day! (as i hang head

giljimenez — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:50:53 -0700

Diddy Day!
(as i hang head in embarassment)

For anyone in Chicago, I

jackson — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:27:53 -0700

For anyone in Chicago, I think the Chicago Works tv channel filmed a segment on the logo last week. I don’t have any details right now but if you might be able to catch the feature nestled between segments about the CTA’s inept service and Daley’s official celebration of P.Diddy Day.

It’s classy and while

aluminum — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:43:11 -0700

It’s classy and while there’s a lot of secondary symbology in it, it doesn’t appear to be trying too hard (which a lot of olympic big logos seem to do).

And if any design firm was chosen to do it, VSA seems like about the most obvious choice one could make for Chicago.

Miles, the torch contains

pattyfab — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:19:04 -0700

Miles, the torch contains the silhouette of the Sears Tower which is the tallest building in the US and the most (only) recognizable feature of Chicago’s skyline. It’s subtle which is nice and of course far less familiar than NY’s skyline.

Maybe Gotham is the new

jackson — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:06:46 -0700

Maybe Gotham is the new Souvenir?

I can’t see the Chicago

miles — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:57:46 -0700

I can’t see the Chicago skyline; I haven’t been to chicago though.

It is a very good logo. I

aleksander — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:52:54 -0700

It is a very good logo. I like it!

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Thanks Patty

mad grab — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:18:47 -0700

Thanks Patty

The logo is a pretty elegant

Solipsism — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:58:56 -0700

The logo is a pretty elegant solution.

I think we should declare Gotham the Helvetica of the 00’s.

The font is the lovely and

pattyfab — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:45:03 -0700

The font is the lovely and ubiquitous Gotham.

http://www.typography.com/catalog/gotham/index.html

Chicago Olympic Bid 2016

giljimenez — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:17:48 -0700

Has anyone seen the logo? Do we know who designed it?
(sorry for the potential misplaced query, but it wasn’t really a type id question)

PS, I love it.

(edited: Oct 26, 2006)