17th Annual GamesBids Olympic Logo Competition - LOGO SUBMISSIONS

[yoshi]

I DECLARE CHRISTMAS 2023...OPEN!

And with that, we get December underway with the only major Christmas song I know that shows off the sound of Ireland and the spirit of Christmas...kinda. You'll soon see why that's appropriate. RIP to Shane MacGowan, whose voice begins that song.

It is time to get the board's most loved, most colourful, and most deadline-phobic annual event back up and running - yes, it's THE 17TH ANNUAL GAMESBIDS OLYMPIC LOGO COMPETITION! Last year Bear took the title in Reykjavik and Glacib won out in Nairobi, and now we are here to see who will be their successors - if they don't retain them of course. The format is traditional - winter, summer, one of each - and we are about to have half a good old big reveal, and half a coronation of what we already know. We of course must present them, because things must still be done properly! Here goes:

SUMMER 2036: DUBLIN, IRELAND

Yup, you voted for it, so don't complain - but who would complain? The Irish capital is one of the most popular cities in Europe, so there can't be many better places for a rare Summer logo comp visit to the continent. Dublin is a prime example of the kind of middle-sized major city the IOC could really do with attracting, so maybe you can convince them - and it's a measure of Ireland's cultural impact that I've promised Rols I'll only resort to Eurovision once but still won't struggle for musical choices in a city that should probably get to host just for the ceremonies. Whatever happens you won't be short of inspiration, so how will you brand the Olympics in this "fair city"?

WINTER 2030: NICE*, FRANCE

The observant among you will notice this is not not in Europe, and yes, this is a change of plan. We were set for somewhere very very different until some German with a sword turned up & decided he really wanted to alter the logo comp. Still, this is our newest Olympic City, and there are worse places than the Riviera to spend winter. Although I'll be honest, I don't think too many people come to Nice to ski. The pressure's on for this one, because depending on whether they come up with something really soon to serve them now, your designs will be the first logos for the French hosting of 2030 to appear on the web - as France nears one Olympic moment, how will you brand its next?

*I'm going to give you the choice of how to name this. Nice, Nice Alpes, Nice Alpes Francaises, Alpes Francaises, the only thing that seems sure is Nice is there, and the Alps are there. If they don't know what their own bid is called, what chance have we got?!

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And now THE RULES, copied and pasted (mostly) from last year, because unlike the IOC I don't change them every week:

We are, as ever, after logos that encompass the overall feel of the city and local influences that can be tied into a design concept. How can any of these cities articulate graphically what they could bring to future Olympics hosting? What flavour will they bring to the games? Will you end up accidentally designing the logo of something completely different? (Hey Krakow!)

The logos should be presented as full colour designs on white background. If you like, however, they can also be presented in black and white or utilised in forms like street banners, t-shirts, apps, vehicles, pins etc. For voting purposes, the main (colour) logo will be used on the polls, & extra stuff is not obligatory, but any extra material you produce may help you “sell” your design better to the wider GamesBids voting membership. 

 These logos are for the cities as they HOST the games. So you CAN use the rings, and don't need to include the words “Candidate City, Olympic Games 2036” or whatever the IOC want this week.

Please post your preliminary submissions on this thread. If you want to hold anything back to be presented as a “surprise” when voting starts you can contact me or Rols via PM and I'll tell you where you can send the extra material. However, it would be nice to see as many on-thread submissions as possible for people to chew over in-thread, & to try & get the old buzz back. We can hope, right?

You can submit logos for either or both cities. However, you cannot enter more than one logo for the same city (see below). So entering one logo for each is fine, but two logos for Dublin, say, is not fine. You are able, encouraged even, to enter both 'sides' of the comp.

Feel free to post as many logo designs as you like, & to ask for feedback from our famously discerning electorate. If you really can't decide between your own designs for a city, feel free to start a poll (or to ask for one to be started). When the time comes for voting, however, you will be asked to settle on a maximum of ONLY ONE official logo per city as your official entry. 

The format depends on the numbers. Most likely, it will be the traditional exhausting exhaustive ballot preferred by the IOC, and the winter & summer 'halves' will be entirely separate, there will be two winners in the Olympic comp tradition. 

The competition is open to all members of GamesBids, or to any new legitimate members who join before the end of the submission period. I, with consultation, will rule on the legitimacy of new members.

As you would expect, I will rule on any disputes - always aiming to be as fair as possible in the process. As always, just remember, this is all meant to be fun. Olympic spirit, remember?. 

Hopefully this will spark up some action on the board. I'll be dipping in, keeping a close eye on things, but otherwise will try and keep my green yoshi-paws off until the polling stages.

The deadline for submissions is 1pm London time (that is, midnight in Sydney, as per tradition) on NEW YEAR'S EVE, 31 DECEMBER 2023. Thus, GB will begin 2024, the year some of our members have waited a century to see, with the voting. Just one extra thing, there is something of a tradition of that being extended, but I'm hoping not to have to do that this year as we already have 12 members sufficiently interested to vote in the city election, and hopefully at least some of you will submit logos within the month. I will @ all those voters (yes all of you) in the next post.

And this is just to alert @Rob. Rob to the existence of the new comp in the hope that he'll do his traditional bit of putting up links to various free design programs etc for the benefit of those who want to take part but may not have the facility at the moment, and to alert @GBModerator Rob to the fact the comp is back! In addition, we had a member ask in the election thread about info on programs people use - I don't know that world (those who can't...) but I'd encourage anyone who does to share.

All that is left to say is thank you Rols once again, and to all participants for having the guts to put your logos up for the annual GamesBids dissection, & may the best logos win - GOOD LUCK! 

Edited December 2, 2023 by Sir Rols

[Sir Rols]

Quick, @yoshi, you better sign up Bono before he dies too

[yoshi]

You'll get Bono eventually - hopefully he survives until the end of the voting but even if not, he'll still be there 

Edit: also I'll do the @s at some point in the next few days rather than in "the next post". 

Edited December 1, 2023 by yoshi

[Bear]

starting work on my Nice - Alpes Francaises - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2030 emblem 

[Sir Rols]

36 minutes ago, Bear said:

starting work on my Nice - Alpes Francaises - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2030 emblem 

Looking forward to seeing NAFPAC’AARA 2030!

[yoshi]

Doing @s for everyone who voted in the city election, and everyone who voted in last year's rounds (except Rols, I think he knows) - submissions are now open! 

@Bear @TinaAus @Scotguy II @Palette86 @Victorian @cfm Jeremie @Anthony @Guilga @AustralianFan @zigzag @TorchbearerSydney @Olympian1010 @JDCLauron @BigVic @ulu @krow @Glacib @Australian Kiwi @Karenina @PikyoK @Qss212 @baron-pierreIV @AliciasBlade

Might @ others later in the comp  

[Olympian1010]

16 hours ago, Bear said:

starting work on my Nice - Alpes Francaises - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2030 emblem 

I’ve seen some chatter that Thialf (NED) might be called upon to host speed skating, so maybe you’ll need to add one more place to your title 

[Sir Rols]

I actually had a logo ready to go this year, but then the “city” we were planning to go with made way when Yoshi and I talked it over at the last moment and figured we’d follow the IOC’s lead and elevate Nice to targeted dialogue. Our first choice is now bumped to “Privileged Dialogue” holding pattern. I’m trying to think through Nice now. And Dublin has plenty of Celtic scope - I’ve got an idea but not sure how feasible it is. I expect we’ll be seeing a lot of green designs.

I always leaves the @ alerts to Yoshi - but two I think should definitely get an alert, but sadly I’m a bit pessimistic about.

@paul seems to have disappeared - which is a pity, because he’s always old reliable when it comes to participation and quality. Hope you see this, mate, and hope you’re okay.

@fatixxx I’m actually worried about. He was so keen and brimming with enthusiasm last year - his spirited contributions helped a lot to make last year’s comp succeed so well. And then he just disappeared days before voting started (when he was a strong contender). I can’t believe he just lost interest - he was so engaged - so I worry something may have happened to him. I hope not, and if you get this alert, please at least drop a message here to let us know you’re around.

Actually, would be remiss to miss @Mr Tickle Davey Podmore. Any Irish ideas this year Davey?

I’m sure there’s more. I’ll let Yoshi get to those and not step on his turf.

Edited December 1, 2023 by Sir Rols

[Sir Rols]

Okay, someone’s got to jump in first…

                                                                

This is based on a painting by Henri Matisse, one of France’s greatest abstract painters, who is strongly associated with Nice - he lived 37 years in there, and the city is also now home to the Musée Matisse.

The cool colours represent the snow and glaciers of the Alpes Francaises, as well as the water of the Mediterranean Sea and the skies of southern France. The shapes represent snowflakes, sea life, nature and, of course, the Olympic doves of peace.

Edited December 2, 2023 by Sir Rols

[yoshi]

Bumping this up so it's back in the recent threads section - people might notice it now!

... insert annual grumble about status updates here...

[Sir Rols]

And here goes Dublin

                                           

I’ve gone with one of the most iconic images of Dublin, celebrating the traditions of the past, while extolling the spirit, or craic, with which Dublin will embrace the games.

Edited December 3, 2023 by Sir Rols

[AustralianFan]

Good luck, fair weather and creative designs to all entering the logo comp.

[Bear]

this thread needs a boost so while we wait for more submissions (including my own that i'm currently working on), here is a digital recreation of what the official candidate city logo would look like for Nice - Alpes Francaises - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Thialf 2030 if those were still a thing:

 

[Bear]

by the time you finish pronouncing that in an acceptable manner for the french, we're going to be at the 2030 closing ceremony!

[AustralianFan]

2 minutes ago, Bear said:

this thread needs a boost so while we wait for more submissions (including my own that i'm currently working on), here is a digital recreation of what the official candidate city logo would look like for Nice - Alpes Francaises - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Thialf 2030 if those were still a thing:

 

N.A.F.P.A.C.A.R.A.T. 2030 ?

French Alps 2030 might be easier.   Nice swish of Olympics colours 

[AustralianFan]

On 12/3/2023 at 1:49 PM, Sir Rols said:

And here goes Dublin

                                           

I’ve gone with one of the most iconic images of Dublin, celebrating the traditions of the past, while extolling the spirit, or craic, with which Dublin will embrace the games.

Which country is the bird balancing his afternoon tea from ?

[Sir Rols]

Ireland of course, surely everyone knows the famous Guinness mascot

Edited December 4, 2023 by Sir Rols

[Bear]

these last few weeks of the semester have been really intensifying, i probably wont be able to enter my submissions until after next week

[PikyoK]

Thanks yoshi. Will have a submission coming later this month. A bit busy at the moment.

[Scotguy II]

Coming Soon

[Bear]

we're doing teasers? okay:

[yoshi]

Lol logos for the logos...a meta-comp . At the moment Rols is winning by default, who will challenge him first?

[Sir Rols]

5 minutes ago, yoshi said:

Lol logos for the logos...a meta-comp . At the moment Rols is winning by default, who will challenge him first?

Someone better, it’d be embarrassing if the Toucan won

[Scotguy II]

It is with great pleasure that I present to you my design for the Dublin 2036 Olympic Games

The features behind my design include:

The green and orange colours depict the colours of the Irish flag

The logo is in the shape of a stylised d for Dublin and also has a shamrock style design. The logo itself honours the more traditional games logo types and also the traditional world renowned Irish culture. Whilst the logo is traditional in design the lettering of the font is more modern and depicts Dublins modern and youthful side.

I believe that this logo encompsses and showcases the historical, cultural and modern sides of the Irish capital and present this logo to you for your votes.

 

[Sir Rols]

3 hours ago, Scotguy II said:

It is with great pleasure that I present to you my design for the Dublin 2036 Olympic Games

The features behind my design include:

The green and orange colours depict the colours of the Irish flag

The logo is in the shape of a stylised d for Dublin and also has a shamrock style design. The logo itself honours the more traditional games logo types and also the traditional world renowned Irish culture. Whilst the logo is traditional in design the lettering of the font is more modern and depicts Dublins modern and youthful side.

I believe that this logo encompsses and showcases the historical, cultural and modern sides of the Irish capital and present this logo to you for your votes.

 

Great one Scotty!

You just shot my parrot down in flames