Saturday, 26 May 2007
Snuffed out
The International Olympic committee has told Chicago that they can no longer use it's skyline torch logo.
The International Olympic committee has told Chicago that they can no longer use it's skyline torch logo.The IOC has ordered Chicago to redesign its 2016 Olympic logo and leave out the torch, which was designed to capture the city's three major assets of Lake Michigan, the cities parks and the breathtaking skyline, because Olympic rules state that no characteristics of an Olympic logo may contain any "Olympic symbols, motto, flag, or other imagery, such as a flame, torch or medal." (more)
That's a real shame because I thought it was excellent, the red-to-orange-to-gold flame of the torch was an amalgamation of the Chicago skyline with the Sears Tower in the middle and the logo which can currently be seen all over the city has to be sadly scrapped.
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