How lame are the mascots for the Winter Olympic Games this year? I’m no graphic designer or marketing guru, but these little guys don’t cut things for me.
This is what the guys at the official Torino 2006 website have to say about the mascots:
“She is a soft, friendly and elegant snowball. He is a lively and playful ice cube. The shapes of their bodies and the sounds of their names, Neve and Gliz remind us of the two vital elements for practising winter sports: snow and ice.
Together, they sum up the highest Italian and Olympic values: friendship and enthusiasm, loyalty and fun, design and the capacity to innovate.”
mmm. Interesting…
You can read all about them and their designer here.
February 6th, 2006
The beginning of a blog… is it something worth recording? I guess it makes you wonder. The blog wouldn’t have been started if it wasn’t recorded.
I’m not quite sure of the purpose of this blog, however, the name of the website does suggest that these entries are for sale. Whether they are or not is something I am yet to decide. Perhaps we’re all for sale, impressionable and constantly being fed information about one product or another.
Despite the best attempts by advertisers to pursuade me, I am cynical and not easily convinced. That being said, I am a wonderful consumer and will spend money hand over fist once I’m committed to a product or service.
Anyway, this is really a test to get the ball rolling. Let’s see how things turn out.
January 16th, 2006
