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	<title>Shiny Things &#187; UK</title>
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		<title>The London 2012 Logo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the&#160;London 2012&#160;logo was officially unveiled&#160;to the eager masses. The BBC News article&#160;quotes outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair: &#8220;We want London 2012 not just to be about elite sporting success. &#8220;When people see the new brand, we want them to &#8230; <a href="http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/06/05/the-london-2012-logo.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img height="152" alt="_43005619_london_new_pink_203" src="http://www.andrewgrant.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/43005619-london-new-pink-203.gif" width="203" align="right"> Yesterday the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.london2012.com/" target="_blank">London 2012</a>&nbsp;logo was officially unveiled&nbsp;to the eager masses. The BBC News <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/6718243.stm" target="_blank">article</a>&nbsp;quotes outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair: </p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We want London 2012 not just to be about elite sporting success.</em> </p>
<p><em>&#8220;When people see the new brand, we want them to be inspired to make a positive change in their life.</em></p>
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<p>I don&#8217;t feel inspired. I feel a dim sense of&nbsp;despair that someone, somewhere, paid £400,000 (~$750,000) of tax-payers money for that piece of crap. I mean seriously, many of the reader logos on the BBC site are far better.</p>
<p>And another thing&#8230; aside from the aesthetics, does anyone else notice something a little suggestive and risque about the logo?</p>
<p>No?</p>
<p>How about if I make two little additions..</p>
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<p><img height="152" alt="my_london_logo" src="http://www.andrewgrant.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/my-london-logo.png" width="203"></p>
<p>Roll on 2012!</p>
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