Melbourne Spots Museum Critiques

The Olympic Rings
The Olympic are five colours which are red, yellow, blue, green and black. The design of the Olympic rings was designed by Pierre de Coubertin who said of the colours when combined with the white background of the flag; "These five rings represent the five parts of the world now won over by Olympism. . . the colours thus combined represented those of all nation with no exceptions. This is a real international emblem". The Olympic rings is to said that at-least one out of the 6 colours is to be in every countries flag. The first time the flag was flown was at the Antwerp Olympic games in 1920. Flag was emblem was created in 1913.

The flag consists of five rings, which are made up of 5 round lines which create circles. The rings over lap and link up to create form. The Emblem is also a structured in a structured way how all the elements are placed in the middle, making the rings the focal point. The colour of the flag are effective because they are bright and strong and all are link together with a right amount of space which captures the audience attention.

If there had to be any style about the emblem i reckon it could be De Stijl. Reason behind this is that it is a very structured design and includes all the primary colours + black and green.

I believe the motif behind this design in unity, by the logo represent the colours as the parts of the world all linked up together and being a community.

I also reckon its a strong and effective logo because it represents the world in the one flag. It also is globally recognized by everyone and hanst been changed since 1913.

Bibliography:http://www.janecky.com/olympics/rings.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_the_five_rings_on_the_Olympics_emblem_stand_for

The sydney 2000 olympics games logo, also known as the millennium athlete, depicts the portrayal of an athlete running with a touch or stream of some substance off it's hand.

The logo is inspired by the ochre colours of the country, representing the earth, water and sun. The depiction of the elements portray the boomerang as a pair of running legs, the head as the sun and the stream of blue representing the sydney opera house. The technique used for the logo is a rough/raw sandy painted, brushed stroke look.

The motifs behind this logo would be two, which include, aboriginal, by incorporating the tradional colours of ochre to incorporating aboriginal tools (boomerang) into the logo. The other motif is the city or Sydney by representing the Sydney Opera House which is one of the most recognizable of Australia.

I honestly reckon its a successful logo just how its really recognizable, its creativity to represent Australia as a country and to also represent the city. It is such a simplistic design but makes such a massive impact which is really successful.



Bibliography:
http://www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/images/olympic-emblem/sydney2000.gif
http://www.marimari.com/content/australia/best_of/2000_olympics/main.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics