Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Melbourne Sports Museum


Melbourne sports museum

MCG Logo

Photograph Taken By Andrew Weegberg


Artist: Richard Henderson
Date: 2005
Medium: Digital format

This new redesigned logo is one that brings the MCG into the present. The use of soft cool colours all aid to create a calming a pleasing logo. The use of these cools colours all allow for the white text to sit cleanly within the design creating a very good contrast

The use of lines is something that all adds to the overall effectiveness of the design. The lines add shape to the logo allowing it to be easily recognised by the general public. Another thing that has been considered with the creation of the lines is that they each represent a different section of the ground.

The only issues that I have with this logo is that the use of a gradient is a logo is something that isn’t done regularly and is something that makes it hard to reproduce on clothing.

The logo has been created to match the ground once renovations have been finished. As the stadium is strong and is made up of clean lines I believe that the logo is highly appropriate and is one that will not date. This is a good thing as this is the second logo in the history of the MGC to have been created.

Another feature of this logo is that it is of a shape and size that that it can be reproduced and used in a wide range of applications. This is also a logo that works well as a solid colour.

Below is an image of the logo being using in other applications.

Glass Window Transfer
Photograph Taken By Andrew Weegberg

Sign outside stadium. Large and Small scale version of logos.
Photograph Taken By Andrew Weegberg

Wristband with logo printed on it. Used for guided tours of stadium.
Photo Taken By Andrew Weegberg

  




Sydney 2000 Olympics Logo

Artist: A collective of designers employed by SOCOG in association with Bang Design.
Date: Approx 1996 (work commenced on the design)
Medium: Digital Format

This fresh dynamic logo has had a lot of time and consideration placed into it. It’s main purpose of promoting Australia to the world has been achieved to a very high standard.

The colours that have been chosen all relate to Sydney and the surrounding area. The blue colour specifically was chosen to represent Sydney as the city has blue skies, blue water. The use of other strong colours such as yellow and red have been placed into the logo to symbolise the Australian outback. With Sydney playing host to colourful beach goers and other colourful events such as the Mardi Gras it makes sense to keep this olyimpic logo colourful and vibrant.

Another concideration that has been made with this logo is that all of the colours in this logo a suitable for broadcast and usage by the worlds media. This is a vital consideration as you do not want the overall effectiveness of the logo to be lost when the world is watching.

The use of other elements such as line is another feature that adds to the effectiveness of the logo design. The line is shaped in a way which also incorporated the landmark of Sydney being the Sydney opera house. This is a very good move as that building is one of the most icons features of Sydney worldwide.

The typography used in the in logo is strong and playful giving the viewer a real positive feel to the logo and the event itself.

Out of all of the Olympic logos I think that this is one of the best logos to have been produced. The strong use of colours and focus on the local culture all combine to create a fun, effective and creative logo with a wide range of applications.

The thing that tells me that this design is strong is that it has been designed with the intention to modify and change it later on so it can suit all of the other symbols required for the events that take place in the Olympics.

This logo can also be reproduced as a sold colour logo and not loose any of it s effectiveness. An example of this can be seen on the Taekwondo uniform pictured below.

Taekwondo Uniform from Sydney 2000 Olympics.




2 comments:

  1. 34/50 Great photos in reference to logo critiques. Overall treatment of typography on the blog still needs work. Some definitions are a little vague.

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  2. Sorry for typo - 32/45. Great photos by the way. Maybe try reformatting text in Word to iron out a few of your bugs.

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