What do you think of the Vancouver Olympic logo?

February 18, 2010 in Inspiration | 2 comments

We are now well into the Vancouver Olympics and have all seen the Olympic logo many times. Therefore, I thought I’d pass along a couple quick facts about it and ask you what you think of it.

  • The logo was chosen over 1,600 submitted designs
  • It was designed by Elena Rivera MacGregor and Gonzalo Alatorre
  • The logo represents an inukshuk. An inukshuk is a traditional stone sculpture used by Canada’s Inuit people. (It also looks a little like a hockey goalie)
  • The colors in the logo represent different regions of the country.
    • Green and Blues: symbolize coastal forests, mountain ranges and islands
    • Red: represents Canada’s Maple Leaf
    • Yellow: depicts the brilliant sunrises
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  1. Elissa Schloesser’s avatar

    Elissa Schloesser on February 19, 2010 at 6:50 am

    Thanks for passing the link along.

  2. Liz’s avatar

    Liz on February 18, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    There was an interesting story about the inspiration for this logo on NPR today. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123851564
    Love the posts, Elissa. Always interesting!