I've come to expect this sort of sh?te from American posters, but it's upsetting to see it coming from (I presume) a fellow Briton.
I doubt that you're a designer, because you would then appreciate that your first point is rubbish: the numbers are not a typeface but are part of a coherent symbol in a graffiti/tag style. Putting Zion to one side do you honestly believe that making both iterations the figure 2 identical would make it a better logo?
As a designer you'd also know that the people commissioning work *love* spending money. Show them two designs of equal merit. Tell them one will cost them ￡5k. Tell them the other would be ￡25k. They'll go for the ￡25k option, nine times out of ten. The extra money validates your work and their discernment.
Anyway, some questions for you:
a. can you provide us with more information on this 'occult ideology' of Zion?
b. what does Zion stand to gain from this massive boost in exposure?
I just see it as a logo, that and nothing more.
mojolicious- No, Iran actually started it and it kinda does look like zion if you look closely http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb...
Its the best one ever. Because its different doesn't make it any less. You are a designer, what out of the many designs submitted would you have chosen. I saw them all. Look closely. it is 4 numbers, not 4 letters.
I think you've been huffing glue out of a paper bag.
That said--Zionism *is* a part of Judaism.
i could never even make out what it was, it just looked like squiggles
i don't really have an opinion about it i just want to watch the games
I'm sure you've heard the logo actually spells out 'zion' and not '2012' and to support this, Boris Johnson openly admitted on camera that the Olympics has a 'Zionist' theme.
I'm a designer myself and there are two very convincing reasons why this logo reads 'zion' and not '2012' like it's supposed to:
1. If the logo read '2012', the two number 2's would look somewhat similar but they don't. They make much more sense as a Z and an N. This explains why they're totally different, their not number two's at all. No designer would make two of the same numbers/characters look so differently because it would effect translation and make it hard to communicate something clearly. This is basic rules of design - look at other logos/brands and you will see this.
2. When viewing the logo as 2012 the little dot in the centre has no use at all, however, that dot fits perfectly above the 'i' in 'zion' When you design a logo, nothing is included without a good reason for it. Because the logo reads Zion much more clearly than it reads 2012, this means this IS a zion logo. Also it was commissioned for ￡450,000, which tells me its was intentional because for that amount of money you don't make basic design mistakes.
When the logo was first published there was a public uproar because nobody liked it, nor the fact it cost ￡450,000 of taxpayers money. But they didn't change it. In fact, they COULDN'T change it because if a second logo was exposed to also include 'Zion' they couldn't explain it away as a conspiracy theory.
So what do you feel about this Olympic logo? and how do you feel about the Olympics being used to promote this occult ideology. (Btw - Zionism has absolutely nothing to do with Judaism)
If you've been on a different planet for the last couple of weeks and you don't know what this logo looks like: https://ssl.gstatic.com/onebox/sports/olympics/london2012_logo.png
Finally, don't underestimate the power of the subliminal mind.
