Olympic logo copy?

[Ian Bonner]

Whoops... someone needs to come clean.

Rio 2016 Olympic logo designers deny plagiarism - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

[Paul Murray]

It's hardly an original idea for a logo is it? Minimalistic figures holding hands and forming a ring. The colour scheme is pretty much the same though, which would certainly concern me.

However, the Telluride logo and it's likeness to Matisse's painting is just too obvious, particularly when you look at the stance of the first figure and the leg possition of the second.

[Ian Bonner]

You could even say it would pass as a rehash of the Telluride logo if you hadn't seen the logotypes with them.

[Tony Hardy]

Can't say I like the Olympic logo at all. Looks like they're playing 'ring of ring of rosies'...don't see the significance of it. It looks the same as the Telluride logo though, but again, the Matisse thing.

London 2012 is much better ;)

[hawy89]

Looks the same, can it just be a coincidence? To think that if it was ripped off of the Telluride Foundation's logo then someone has been paid a lot of money to "design" the Rio olympics logo.

[georgerogers]

It's sad that someone has spent so much time designing a logo that looks good and the some clown comes in and copies your design

[Blue Eye]

Actually I think I quite like the logo... As a pleasant shape etc...(It's waaaaaaaay nicer than the 2012 one IMHO).

But the similarities are too many. And if they are citing the mattise painting as the inspiration, then why dancing for the Olympics? Unity? I get the feeling that this is more suited to a public body like a Local Involvement Network or something...

Also, how would this work well in mono?

[Kai16]

The logos do look similar but I really don't like the font =p

[linziloop]

What is it with olympic logos being crap!? Haha! I would say it wasn't a original idea in the first place so I don't think it was copied from the charity.

[georgerogers]

Just re-looking at this at least they have copied a good logo and not created a really poor one like London 2012, still bad though.