Who would have thought that a cartoon could be used to make people warm up to some really crappy mascot designs?
Apparently London.
As if to double-down on the design travesty of their horrible "2012" logo, the London Olympic Committee unveiled their new mascots, Wenlock, and his Paralympic buddy, Mandeville. I would have called them "Insult" and "Injury", but that is just me.
Take a look at the video (here) and fall in love - then come to your senses and hate them more than you did before you saw the cartoon.
According to the animated origin these two myopic mascots are created from rainbows and steel. Steel is not one of the metals used to make medals for the Olympic Games, but the British have not placed in enough past events to know that.
Just as perplexing is London's decision NOT to use any of these (below) previous examples of great British character design. At least then their mascots would have had some depth perception.
Some have even suggested that the new mascots look like condoms, or worse yet, wearers of condoms. This may not be too far from the truth as London has often been referred as "Earth's Little Glory Hole". Design what you know!
Dirty Brits!
- C. Smith
