New Olympic Logo Crap?

I haven't been in town long and I've already come across an article sparking my interest design-wise. What does it include? The Olympics of all things!

Recently the logo for the 2012 Olympic Games, which are to be held in London, was unveiled. It is a very rampant approach, tearing down the comfortable previous logo with a broad ravaging new look.

As a designer, what is my take? Honestly, I like the fact that London wants to spice up the games. By changing the logo I feel it shows that the games have their own flavor in each city which hosts them. Unfortunately in this attempt though, the logo conveys far too many things that contradict what the games stand for. For example - notice how all of the pieces are different, but are far from coming together? It's a contradiction of what the Olympics does best- bringing people of different backgrounds, regions, countries, and all corners of the world together for friendly competition and to celebrate the gift of brotherhood.

Best of luck to London. They have started on a shaky road to the 2012 games and have no where else to go but up.

*Photo credit the AFP and Yahoo*

Out of town for the next week or so

Low and behold, posts will slow down for the next few days.

I will be leaving town either Friday night or Saturday morning to attend a few summer carshows. For those of you that know me, I grew up in the industry and it has always been a huge part of my summer. I will be at the following:

• Carshow at the Park - Galax Va
  
• Carlisle - All Ford Nationals - Carlisle PA

I will return Monday, June 4th. Expect a lot of photos from the shows!

BobbyHash.com is up

It's now easier to access anything Bobby Hash related. Go to www.bobbyhash.com to reach this blog and the link to the HM Designs Web Site.

HMEDIAPRO.COM down while transferring

Incase a few of you are wondering why hmediapro.com, the portfolio / web development site I run is down, don't worry!

I am currently trying to transfer the domain to a different hosting company. It should be back up in the next few days.