olympic logo

the london olympic organizing committee released the official logo for the 2012 olympics today. when somebody in my office showed it to me i thought, "i can do better than that." so i created my own logo.

the logo is based on the map of the london subway system. the overall shape represents the bouquet the winners receive with their medals during the medal ceremony. london is placed at the bottom as a label for the stop where all the lines, representing the people of the world, come together, just as everyone will come together for the olympic games. i chose a type face that uses a circular "O" to reflect the shape of the symbol representing where lines and people intersect.

tell me what you think.

designs from work

killing time is a great way to get the creative juices flowing. a couple weeks ago i made that drawing of the manhattan bridge and today i just created this logo thing. i don't know what it's suppose to be, just cool looking i guess.

i got the idea after i saw a sticker on the street that had city names listed at the bottom like on ads for retail chains saying where they have stores. the names stuck out though because they weren't typical city names like london, miami, or tokyo. the cities included milan, brunei, and gstaad, a skiing town in switzerland. i thought that was pretty ridiculous so i wanted to make a logo with equally ridiculous cities. and i did.

manhattan bridge

i drew a picture of the manhattan bridge during my down time at work. this is the view from the corner of front street and washington street in DUMBO. the empire state building actually does line up perfectly in the east tower of the bridge.