Jon Will Chambers

Intentional! Wanted to play with something different and put the year in the surrounding branding, rather than the logo itself. Felt if any city could pull it off, it would be Rome; the stage of sport and competition. (Maybe Athens too).

Okay! So this isn't as I wanted, but... life. Anyway - my entries! Rome 2040 - I felt Rome doesn't need anything other than just itself. The name says it all - and of course the iconic rings. Enough said. But for want of a few more words - I was inspired by the Coliseum to go for a curvature on the city's name to bring it to life - all with a sense of understatedness but immediately recognisability. Rome is an icon in itself, and that's the purpose of this. Paralympics game design would be the same, but with the agitos. I also have a few mock-ups of this in Red which I'll share - which are the themes here; classic iconic Roman history plus a shot of Italian energy. Santiago 2042 - just radiates youth to me. Something new and different. But lots of cultural history to play off, so that's what I went for with this. A totally different framing of the logo using verticals, and on reading, seems Santiago would likely host in three villages so that's what I took the icon from. Three sites, all as one, bringing people together. For the Paralympics I went with something different, making a figure from a similar concept.

This is very helpful, thanks Giorgia.

Yes please @Sir Rols. I will try finish off on Saturday and submit then (been a hellish few weeks!).

@Sir Rols I'd rather design the Saudi's for a summer games.... *hint for future*... hence my lobbying for Santiago. But yes, I am returning with an entry for both this year. Both sketched out, little more to finish for both, but will be in by the deadline. Happy Olympic year.

Just watching Sanremo and they’ve just shown the two options. My god they are awful

When I say ‘bit’ disappointing, I mean very disappointing.

Given what I expected bit disappointing. The grey one looks like it has more potential, but the colour one for me seems very cheap. Rushed job?

Great work @Victorian and everyone in the Brisbane competition - it was hard to choose between them!

Wow! I wasn't expecting that and so really great the deadline was extended! Otherwise it would have to have been another year before finally getting an entry in! Massive thanks to everyone for your votes; and to all designers for making it a competition - and of course, to you guys for running a great competition. I'm mega excited to be joining the community again properly - and a nice way to do it! Looking forward to voting on the Brisbane designs next week! J

Hi everyone - I used to have an account on here a while ago, but never posted, was just a lurker and lost the details. I've always meant to enter this contest as it combines two of my favourite things; the Olympics and graphic design, but I always forget about it, and end up coming on around Christmas time and have missed the entry slot. So was overjoyed to see this competition extended when I looked yesterday. I've therefore come up with this entry for the Milan Cortina 2026 competition. I hopefully will get round to doing a Brisbane one before Monday but that might not happen! Milano-Cortina 2026 I was looking to produce something that had the simplicity and elegance of Italian design, together with something that spoke to the winter themes of the games. I've therefore built this logo which is the Italian mountains made out of two interlocking 'M' shapes (for Milan). The bottom 'wave' M creates a triangle depicting Milan on the left, and another higher up to portray Cortina. I've paired the mark with a font which brings the same distinctive line-based shapes into its design. The colours, obviously, come from the Italian flag - and the logo is accompanied by the Olympic and Paralympic motifs. You can see the logo in games mode via this short visual presentation which lays out how the theme could be utilised. I've attached a few tasters below. Looking forward to getting stuck in more across the forum.