What’s Going on with The Olympics Logo?

[@graysonsgraphics]

What did you think of when you first saw this logo?

[@trixy9]

I audibly gasped when you showed the original logo. The world was robbed.

[@graysonsgraphics]

I did too 😂

[@juanitamariposa]

Everyone knows it's Claire's haircut. It's French.

[@AidanXavier1]

Fleabag reference?

[@juanitamariposa]

@@AidanXavier1 no, game of thrones

[@kirilladamenya]

You've missed the perfect oportunity to get the same haircut as the logo :D

[@p1p1pupu]

Nothing about Paris is cohesive, at least to me. The logo, the emblems, the mascots, the pictograms, are all over the place and not a single concept feels cohesive. It might just be my preference, but I LOVE when all of the visual elements coordinate while representing the culture and history of the host country. But these elements for Paris just feel so haphazardly thrown together. The logo is okay at best when on its own. But it’s so much worse when you put it next to everything else 😭😭

[@jelyfisher]

I agree.

[@LexVanguard2004]

Definitely. The Paris games as a whole are sorely missing the strong theming that London 2012 and Rio 2016 had.

[@gwenrees7594]

Wow I thought this channel would be much bigger! Nice video.

[@metawarp7446]

Lol KZbin algorithm just pulled me down to "cool smaller creators" rabbit hole :p Subbed!

[@graysonsgraphics]

Thank you!

[@siggi1664]

The old logo looks real hard dude

[@cdrini]

I'm a little frustrated by this trend I've been seeing on KZbin of what I'll call "hate for hate's sake". It just feels like people are really leaning into hating things and it's a bit depressing. Also they're coming at it from a weird angle of (1) assuming everyone already hates something, and then (2) trying to provide what's meant to be some sort of "mathematical proof" of why their hate is justified. I wish there would be more of a statement of how a lot of this is subjective, especially on art critique! And what a lot of these pseudo-proofs describe as "good" often ends up being just what's most familiar/status quo. One of the things that I think the Paris Olympics should really be applauded for this year is taking risks, on an international stage. They made bold design choices at every step. Some will fail, but I think some will stick and that's how design evolves! It evolves when people take risks and break from the status quo. That international stage also has a caveat. Design is largely dictated by its audience. If you want your design to be good, you have to design with your audience in mind. This generally means, that the smaller your audience, the easier it is to make a good design, since you can tailor it. The Olympics will _always_ have people who hate their designs, since the audience is most of the planet! The way people often design for very large audiences like this is by playing it safe and avoiding bold statements. Which is fine, sometimes that's what makes the most sense. But I do respect when folks break from that. I personally would rather have design that some people love, and some people hate, than design that every feels mostly neutral towards. That all said: I just stumbled on your channel and am surprised at how new your channel is! Your content looks very honest and well designed, I look forward to seeing what more you have to say in your future videos!

[@Ellis_Melatonin]

To be honest, I thought it was a Napoleon hat? But the Olympic mascots are always a bit strange lol

[@Abby_Liu]

the 2008 mascots were such a bit hit domestically. grew up in China & I remember we had all 5 of them as fridge magnets at home? 😂 my parents don't even watch sports but they were cute

[@johnatta2137]

Brazil's mascot, Vinicius, was everything to me

[@graysonsgraphics]

That's awesome

[@weerprobeer]

The "beauty salon" logo turned sideways (left or right turn) reveals the All-Seeing-Eye with the mouth being the iris. Nice illuminati touch.

[@LexVanguard2004]

Ngl I really like the London 2012 logo, like the rest of the theming of that Olympics it's vibrant, sleek and angular, and to me it seems they were going for a non-traditional "punk-ish", modern aesthetic to scream that this was the London Olympics of the 21st Century. It wasn't just London landmarks slapped on a logo like before, it was its own thing and remains iconic in the UK. Paris seems to be going for something similar but it hasn't worked in my opinion, it's not unique enough to be distinct and doesn't tie into the theming of the rest of the games (pictograms, emblems, etc) so it just looks a bit disappointing and out of place. The original was much better, I like the year number factoring into the actual logo itself.

[@dieterverschueren]

The bid logos are always different compared to the final logos...

[@Abby_Liu]

oh wow I like what Willem Dafoe did with his hair here

[@Anonymousaggro]

Honestly I think the new logo is stronger than the older logo, but it's interesting to hear other perspectives.

[@OlafsLeftArm]

All the Paris 2024 marketing team cares about is DEI. They don't care about the athletes. They don't care about usability (the absolutely horrible web page). And they don't care about design.