chip cullen graphics freelancer

It’s usually never good. Really – whenever graphic design comes up in world events, it usually is because of something bad happening. The quintessential example of that is the Florida Presidential Ballot in 2000.

Well, graphic designers everywhere are cringing because of the new logo that was unveiled for the London 2012 Olympic Games. I’ve even seen it referred to as the “logo that rocked the world”.

Here’s UnBeige’s take on it with a nice list of links.
Design Observer’s Adrian Shaughnessy weighs in.
Even CNN has a go.

So I thought it would be obligatory that I do a cartoon about it. I had my little spin on the subject – what do you think? This is my first attempt at being timely with a cartoon. I kind of wish that I had gotten my butt in gear last week, to strike while the iron was hotter. I’m still working on streamlining my process, but this was an improvement.

Basically, I thought, there was some meeting somewhere when a designer got up and presented this logo to a committee. I just was thinking – how did that meeting go? And whoever WAS that presenter deserves a raise – they have a real gift!