The_Torch Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Shouldn't we have one of these? Do we know of any plans from LOCOG or Bumbling Boris to strap one to Big Ben or Tower Bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Torch Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I've just remembered the one that was in Stratford, directly outside Stratford Station. Please tell me that this isn't the official one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I suspect that other countdown clocks will be unveiled at significant milestones (3 years to go, 1,000 days to go...). BTW, the countdown clocks were everywhere in Beijing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevzz Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Its in Trafalgar Square! Funny design I must say..... but in coherent with the logo I suppose! Olympic clock set for Trafalgar Square 15 September 2010 | By Andrea Klettner The proposals do not specify who designed the clock, which is set to be approved on Thursday, just days before the start of London Design Festival. The 6.5m-high structure, developed by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) and sponsored by Omega, will have a concrete base and will be clad in brushed stainless steel. It will sit in the north-west corner of the square from 15 March 2011 to mark the 500 day deadline to the start of the Games. For night time viewing it will feature LED lighting strips of varying colour, while the digital clocks and Olympic and Paralympic logos will also be illuminated. Planners at the council admitted “there is much to take issue with in terms of design” citing its “asymmetrical position, its substantial height, the cladding materials and the illumination” as inappropriate, but recommended its approval because of the exceptional circumstances. English Heritage declined to respond to the planning application, with just two bodies – the Westminster Society and the Thorney Island Society – raising objections. The countdown clock is a stalwart of pre-Olympic marketing in host cities – Beijing placed its version in Tiananmen Square - and the council believes it will become a tourist attraction. Subject to approval, London’s will remain in place until the end of the Paralympic Games and will finally be removed on 14 September 2012. http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/uk/olympic-clock-set-for-trafalgar-square/5005658.article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 oooh I like it : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tower Bridge Fox Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Its in Trafalgar Square! Funny design I must say..... but in coherent with the logo I suppose! Olympic clock set for Trafalgar Square 15 September 2010 | By Andrea Klettner The proposals do not specify who designed the clock, which is set to be approved on Thursday, just days before the start of London Design Festival. The 6.5m-high structure, developed by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) and sponsored by Omega, will have a concrete base and will be clad in brushed stainless steel. It will sit in the north-west corner of the square from 15 March 2011 to mark the 500 day deadline to the start of the Games. For night time viewing it will feature LED lighting strips of varying colour, while the digital clocks and Olympic and Paralympic logos will also be illuminated. Planners at the council admitted “there is much to take issue with in terms of design” citing its “asymmetrical position, its substantial height, the cladding materials and the illumination” as inappropriate, but recommended its approval because of the exceptional circumstances. English Heritage declined to respond to the planning application, with just two bodies – the Westminster Society and the Thorney Island Society – raising objections. The countdown clock is a stalwart of pre-Olympic marketing in host cities – Beijing placed its version in Tiananmen Square - and the council believes it will become a tourist attraction. Subject to approval, London’s will remain in place until the end of the Paralympic Games and will finally be removed on 14 September 2012. http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/uk/olympic-clock-set-for-trafalgar-square/5005658.article It looks like nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 What do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tower Bridge Fox Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Its not very creativity , its very corporate, I sort of feel its visual antimatter. Not communicating anything. Least of all inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Even though most of us don't like the logo or the mascots, I actually... like it. Just because it's coherent with the style of the logo, but the logo still sucks. I like ours in Vancouver because it utilized wood. I wonder what it's future is - if it's staying put by the art gallery or if they'll relocate it somewhere such as, by the cauldron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 My only issue is why didnt they put it on the 4th plinth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 I like it too. But I think 15 March 2011 is a bit late. Beijing's clock started working only a few days after Athens 2004... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tower Bridge Fox Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 My only issue is why didnt they put it on the 4th plinth? Becouse its crap, This sums up why I like the orbit tower so much, Thank god there not building a tower in the Olympic park that looks as vacuous as this clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 The render isn't particularly good after having read the description. Brushed steel will look very classy, where as it just looks grey and muddy in the render. My only issue is why didnt they put it on the 4th plinth? I disagree - I'd quite like the rotating art programme to carry on as it is. I think it's been a success and a point of interest in the Square. I don't think the clock should take its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 With a bit of imagination they could have combined the two, get 6 artists to design clocks that the public get to vote on. Winner gets put up on the plinth. The clock they have come up with is cool, it reflects the brand, its more interesting than the Beijing one. With regards to the Plinth I voted for the brick battenberg, the reason I put was because I like cake : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianme17 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 With a bit of imagination they could have combined the two, get 6 artists to design clocks that the public get to vote on. Winner gets put up on the plinth. The clock they have come up with is cool, it reflects the brand, its more interesting than the Beijing one. With regards to the Plinth I voted for the brick battenberg, the reason I put was because I like cake : ) davey - i know what you mean - but i agree with rob - the 4th plinth is an established outlet for a succession of different artists and has become a bit of a london institution (thanks to Ken Livingtone). the countdown closk is just too corporate for the plinth. that said like the design - on brand with the london 2012 branding - will great insitu - good work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianme17 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 btw - i think the 500 day mark on the 15th Mar will also see the launch of the torch and the torch relay route - this was the stage that beijing did it. but then again cities don't tend to follow each other's timetables!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 btw - i think the 500 day mark on the 15th Mar will also see the launch of the torch and the torch relay route - this was the stage that beijing did it. but then again cities don't tend to follow each other's timetables!? And, with the exception of pictograms, London is launching everything later than Beijing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tower Bridge Fox Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 the countdown closk is just too corporate for the plinth. that said like the design - on brand with the london 2012 branding - will great insitu - good work!! Pardon me for speaking my mind but wasn’t one of the characteristics of the logo supposed to be that it wasn’t just a piece of corporate branding, This clock looks like a shop fitting from PC world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 I've never seen a six-and-a half-metre high brushed stainless steel shop fitting in PC world with LED illuminations. It's certainly fairly corporate, but I could imagine it more in BMW's Worldwide HQ than in PC world. Besides which, it's got a bloody great Omega logo on it because they are the ones behind it and the ones sponsoring it. Omega would have commissioned the design and chosen the design agency, not the ODA or LOCOG - and this was the case in Vancouver as well. It has to fit whatever image they want to project of themselves as a brand during the Games, as well as something of the Olympic branding. It is, when all is said and done, a big advert paid for and produced by Omega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Its in Trafalgar Square! Funny design I must say..... but in coherent with the logo I suppose! If you add a bit of the 3rd dimension, it almost looks like a cauldron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tower Bridge Fox Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 I've never seen a six-and-a half-metre high brushed stainless steel shop fitting in PC world with LED illuminations. It's certainly fairly corporate, but I could imagine it more in BMW's Worldwide HQ than in PC world. Besides which, it's got a bloody great Omega logo on it because they are the ones behind it and the ones sponsoring it. Omega would have commissioned the design and chosen the design agency, not the ODA or LOCOG - and this was the case in Vancouver as well. It has to fit whatever image they want to project of themselves as a brand during the Games, as well as something of the Olympic branding. It is, when all is said and done, a big advert paid for and produced by Omega. This is true, we have to remember its an advert for omega , and we shouldn’t read to much in to it, as a symbol of the 2012 Olympics, its just a clock. It is a shame we couldn’t have something more interesting though, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianme17 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Pardon me for speaking my mind but wasn’t one of the characteristics of the logo supposed to be that it wasn’t just a piece of corporate branding, This clock looks like a shop fitting from PC world. Who has stopped you from speaking your mind? Ain't me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianme17 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 This is true, we have to remember its an advert for omega , and we shouldn’t read to much in to it, as a symbol of the 2012 Olympics, its just a clock. It is a shame we couldn’t have something more interesting though, Cripes - make your mind up - lol!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 A Big Ben theme would have been appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tower Bridge Fox Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 A Big Ben theme would have been appropriate. I agree a model of big ben with digital clock face would have been fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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