2010 medals made from metal unveiled - Page 2

Delirium · #21 Posted **Oct 15, 2009, 10:33 PM**

the whole "look of the games", pictograms, banners etc are all non-native looking. i think there's a fair balance between the two.

at least our logo and medals mean something and have a story behind them.
i'm still trying to figure out what the hell this is. can't wait to see their medals..

http://industrialbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/london-2012-logo_lrg.jpg

jsbertram · #22 Posted **Oct 15, 2009, 11:03 PM**

My English teacher would notice the thread title and say:

a MEDAL is made of METAL!

- punctuated by her cane tapping a desk for emphasis.

jsbertram · #23 Posted **Oct 15, 2009, 11:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Delirium

the whole "look of the games", pictograms, banners etc are all non-native looking. i think there's a fair balance between the two.

at least our logo and medals mean something and have a story behind them.
i'm still trying to figure out what the hell this is. can't wait to see their medals..

http://industrialbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/london-2012-logo_lrg.jpg

Ah yes, the much-maligned London 2012 logo.
I heard that the animated version caused epileptic seizures when it was first unveiled, and the strobe-effect animation was changed (or slowed down).

GeeCee · #24 Posted **Oct 15, 2009, 11:11 PM**

I still think that 'Lisa Simpson giving head' is an apt description of the 2012 logo..

officedweller · #25 Posted **Oct 15, 2009, 11:30 PM**

They look good - the only down side that I see is that if an athlete gets a medal that is cut from an oddball part of the larger design that doesn't look so good on its own.
i.e. hey, my medal was cut from selvage!

mr.x · #26 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 12:18 AM**

OhioGuy · #27 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 12:24 AM**

Looks pretty good to me.

usog · #28 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 1:19 AM**

They look like pringles in a way to me...I think it's just the angle.

wrenegade · #29 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 5:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by nova9

the reflexive and very ignorant comment boards on cbc are already laying the smack down. sigh, it's like VANOC can never win with that crowd.

you could euthanize the entire populous of the CBC message boards and the world would be a better place.

johnjimbc · #30 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 7:52 PM**

I think expecting to get real opinions from any news organization's message board is akin to thinking something scrawled on bus stop glass might be enlightening. It might happen, but I wouldn't advocate it as a strategy to my friends. People like to yell anonymously apparently.

Having said that, however, it looks to me like the comments on the medals on CBC as well as other news outlets was mostly positive. Perhaps we can hold off on the euthanasia solution . . . we wouldn't want to negatively impact the US health care debate.

Yume-sama · #31 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by usog

They look like pringles in a way to me...I think it's just the angle.

Hmm, more like Ruffles or Baked lays. They lack the hyperbolic paraboloid shape of a Pringle.

SpongeG · #32 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 9:51 PM**

seems like the only people who like em are in here in this forum - they don't seem loved outside of here

Vancouver unveils untraditional medals for 2010 Winter Olympics

By Chris Chase

The medals that will be awarded at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics were unveiled today, with organizers touting the awards' connections to Canada, utter uniqueness and hefty weight. What they didn't mention is that they look like microwaved frisbees:

By Chris Chase

The medals that will be awarded at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics were unveiled today, with organizers touting the awards' connections to Canada, utter uniqueness and hefty weight. What they didn't mention is that they look like microwaved frisbees:

The gold medal looks like it belongs in a bowl of potato chips at King Midas's house. So far I've heard people comment that the medals look like gelt, melted 45s or, as I thought, something from a Dali painting.

But before we get too critical, here are a few facts and explanations of how the medals came to get their, uh, interesting form:

-- The medals of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games are circular in shape and based on a large master artwork of an orca whale by Corrine Hunt, a Canadian designer/artist of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage. Each of the medals has a unique hand-cropped section of the abstract art, making every medal one-of-a-kind.

-- They are among the heaviest medals in Olympic, weighing between 500 grams to 576 g depending on the medal.

-- Each feature a different crop of larger contemporary Aboriginal artworks and are undulating rather than flat — both firsts in Games history. The dramatic form of the Vancouver 2010 medals is inspired by the ocean waves, drifting snow and mountainous landscape found in the Games region and throughout Canada.

They're still ugly. But, as Lisa Diller wrote on the Olympics blog at The Los Angeles Times, no athlete is going to quibble about the strange design of an Olympic medal. However, the traditionalist in me likes a simple round shape, a reliefed, venue-specific design and the Olympic rings.

The Summer Games usually follow this design, opting for a traditional format for every Olympics which usually feature the goddess of victory, Nike, on the front and backs designed by organizers of the host city. The Winter Games have less rigid structures in place for medals, which is how you end up with Vancouver's waviness. At least they're gold, silver and bronze though and not glass medals like Albertville handed out in 1992 or, even worse, the Torino doughnuts.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beij...ditional-medals-for-2010-?urn=oly,196276

djmk · #33 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 10:07 PM**

as i said before, i really like the medals

however, where the medal meets the ribbon seems to be a bit awkward. I feel there should be a clasp or something. Not as awkward as Torino's but something like Salt Lake

I dunno. Does anybody else feel this?

Hed Kandi · #34 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 10:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by mr.x

Beijing 2008

Turin 2006

And the Rest...

SpongeG · #35 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 10:24 PM**

the summer game medals have stricter guidelines - probably why they end up nicer and less experimental

Hed Kandi · #36 Posted **Oct 16, 2009, 10:28 PM**

GOLD...

crazyjoeda · #37 Posted **Oct 17, 2009, 6:58 AM**

I love our medals!! I think they are the best the Olympics have ever seen.

nova9 · #38 Posted **Oct 17, 2009, 8:13 AM**

To be honest, I'm astonished by the overall positive feedback from you all on the forums. And from the public, even many I know who don't like only don't like it because they are traditionalists, in terms of a medal design. Most people know the messages conveyed through the design and no one has reeeeaaallly brought up native representation.

Do you think the medals could have had an even better reception had they not been wavy? Would the design have worked better if it was flat?

whatnext · #39 Posted **Oct 17, 2009, 3:57 PM**

They look like those foil-wrapped chocolate coins, only someone left them out in the sun a little too long.

Delirium · #40 Posted **Oct 17, 2009, 5:17 PM**

i guess people don't remember Calgary's medals?

http://www.canada.com/sports/2010winterg...hlights/1228440/1228466.bin?size=620x400