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THE flashing Olympic logo which triggered epileptic fits also put 10million migraine sufferers at risk of attacks, it emerged yesterday.

But bosses have decided NOT to axe the increasingly-unpopular £400,000 design — even though they have had to scrap the animated version meant for TV and internet screens.

Yesterday The Sun told how epilepsy groups reported at least 22 sufferers collapsed after seeing its bright, fast-moving colours — and warned 23,000 people were at risk.

Now Britain’s migraine victims have told how they were also hit.

Legal worker Claire Graham, 59, from Horsell, Surrey, said: “When the logo first appeared on TV I felt sick. It mirrored what I see when I have a migraine. Since then I have had a niggling headache.”

Migraine Trust chief executive Wendy Thomas said: “Those responsible for this logo have evidently ignored the particular needs of some of the 10million people who suffer from migraine around the UK.


“If they want a truly inclusive Games, then they need a new logo.”

The national alert was sparked by epileptic Christopher Filmer, who rang his local radio station to tell how he collapsed unconscious for TEN MINUTES after seeing the design.

Last night Christopher, 42, of Wallington, Surrey, said: “I’m furious they did not carry out proper health checks. This could have killed me.

“Not only is the country a laughing stock for producing one of the worst Olympic logos in history, we have made the most dangerous.”

The logo — a graffiti-style representation of 2012 in shades of pink, blue, orange and green — was unveiled on Monday.

More than 48,000 protesters worldwide have signed an internet petition against the design. But a Games insider insisted it will attract crucial business sponsorship.

The source added: “We’re happy this will stand the test of time.”

The logo was also backed last night by Michael Wolff, co- founder of its designers Wolff Olins.

Mr Wolff, who left the firm before the design’s creation, said: “Its innovative and imaginative expression is typical of London’s creativity.”

He also claimed the logo’s £400,000 price tag was justified due to the amount of time and people involved.
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007260345,00.html

:eek:

Oops

Even in the "Nanny State" :o

Well done :rolleyes:
 
Now I feel a whole lot better about our 2010 logo, it did get a bit of flak when it was unveiled but nothing like the "Lisa Simpson giving head" logo...

:)
 
This is one of the worst logos I have ever seen. Can't believe it that it was the best they could come up with!
 
rpm said:
This is one of the worst logos I have ever seen. Can't believe it that it was the best they could come up with!
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Nevermind that :p

How did it get past health checks in Britain of all places. :eek:

It's one thing having an absolutely awful logo but quite another to have it make people sick.
 
Zoo inmate Katie, a four-year-old macaque from India, managed hers in just minutes — putting design supremo Wolff Olins to shame for taking a year.

The monkey’s trainer Jim Clubb said he preferred it to the £400,000 official logo — and we agree.

Jim, who works for Oxfordshire-based Amazing
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007260156,00.html

:D

OLYMPIC bosses unveiled the new technicolour logo for the 2012 Games today.

The bold jagged emblem based on the date “2012” comes in a series of shocking shades of pink, blue, green and orange in a modern take on the Olympic colours.

The word “London” and the all-important Olympic rings are included in the first two digits.

“It has a movement to it and it will evolve and change,” a London 2012 spokeswoman said.
Organisers hope the brand, which must be immediately recognisable worldwide, will boost its marketing push to raise £2billion to stage the Games and its ambition that London 2012 will be “Everyone’s Games”.

London 2012 organising committee chairman Seb Coe said: “This is the vision at the very heart of our brand.

“It will define the venues we build and the Games we hold and act as a reminder of our promise to use the Olympic spirit to inspire everyone and reach out to young people around the world. It is an invitation to take part and be involved.

“We will host a Games where everyone is invited to join in because they are inspired by the Games to either take part in the many sports, cultural, educational and community events leading up to 2012 or they will be inspired to achieve personal goals.”

For the first time the same logo will be used for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007250760,00.html

Not any more :o
 
wow thats alot of money to pay for something they could have gotten done by someone who uses corel

damn rather put up a website offering 10000 pounds for the winner you would have got millions of logo's and saved a ton of money
 
Is it even ugly? It's so bad it's nothing if you get my drift :D.
 
Migraines and epileptic fits??? Suprised nobody has died vomiting from looking at it yet!!!
 
feo said:
Someone really should tell the designer it looks like Lisa Simpson giving head...

It's true, just look..:)
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No thanks ;)

Some of us don't have toilets for minds :p

:D
 
alanf85 said:
No thanks ;)

Some of us don't have toilets for minds :p

:D
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Well that was the headline on digg a few daysago, it's not like I sat looking at the logo and that just popped into my head ;) But seriously, it does look like it hahaha..

The number of replies I've read to this logo is just insane, I can't remeber reading a single good comment about it..
 
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