baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 but no real games-specific design elements that weren't already plastered for years at, say, the Nuremburg rallies. I was thinking about this comment, Rols. Maybe Nuremberg was the 'testing ground' for their intended "Olympic look"? I mean the World Cup and the Olympic Games all have their 'test runs' a year before, might not have the rallies at Nuremberg been the lab for the Nazi look? Okay...hmmm... let's see how our red banners will look in torchlight a year hence when we use them at Garmisch and more ubiquitously in Berlin next summer? Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 OK, here are some 15 pictograms for Berlin 1936: http://olympic-museum.de/pictograms/symbols1936.htm (This site is also somewhat fantastic.) Link to post Share on other sites
jawnbc 61 Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Nice job Sochi! It's really difficult to judge a look until overlay starts wrapping buildings and fences. I *hated* Vancouver's until I saw it in our very urban context. I think the Vancouver colours were also chosen to offset flat grey light--which is the norm in February any other year except 2010! LOL! I'm keen to see the volunteer uniforms. That's one thing Vancouver got right: the sky blue looks great on most people, made folks easy to spot. Link to post Share on other sites
Vladislav Feoktistov 8 Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 The New Bus Stop by Vlad Feoktistov, on Flickr This bus stop is the first element of olympic urban improvement programme in Sochi. You can learn more about this <a href="http://arch-sochi.ru/2010/07/edinaya-koncepciya-arhrazvitiya/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. This progrmme was unveiled last year and it describes bus stops design, appearance of houses in tourist zones and designs of street lanterns, roads and so on. What is interesting, this programme doesn't correspond with "look of the games" concept. Sorry for link error. You can learn more about this here. Link to post Share on other sites
Ruling Czar 19 Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I don't get why someone would compare this look to Atlanta 1996 but......it is absolutely stunning! Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I don't get why someone would compare this look to Atlanta 1996 but......it is absolutely stunning! Because they are both BASED on the idea of QUILTS, duh!! Do you even know what a Q-U-I-L-T is? Execution is different. Atlanta's leitmotif was a "Quilt of Leaves;" Sochi's is X'mas wrapping paper. Link to post Share on other sites
Lord David 225 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hmm... I would akin Sochi's look to more of a Kimono design than a quilt, or a hybrid of both. Link to post Share on other sites
Rei 9 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 At first glance it may looks messy but I think it works fine in a winter contest and somehow it reminds russian iconography. I like the fact they used a good variety of palette colors like Torino. The pattern seems taken from a cheap blanket, though. Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 The pattern seems taken from a cheap blanket, though. That's what I thot: moldy, smelly, full of piss, cheap vodka and...sex. Link to post Share on other sites
oakydoky 15 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Here's the Sochi 2014 logo with brand infill. Link to post Share on other sites
bgdrewsif 28 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 That's what I thot: moldy, smelly, full of piss, cheap vodka and...sex. I think you left out reeking of disgusting and highly toxic cigarette stench... the smoking % in Russia is horrendously high according to the world health organization reports... Bleh! Link to post Share on other sites
Athensfan 1081 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Here's the Sochi 2014 logo with brand infill. Beautiful colors! Stunning palette. Link to post Share on other sites
Athensfan 1081 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 The website says that the term ''Look of the games'' was first introduced in Barcelona (btw, thanks for the awesome link Rols) The website is mistaken. I own the official report of the LA Games. Volume 1, chapter 10 is titled "The Look of the Games." LA created the terminology and the first official "look." Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 It is LA. Not Barcelona. Link to post Share on other sites
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