Thursday, May 20, 2010

Off Topic on Contemporary British Design

Spare me a rant . . .

HOW is it possible that the nation that produced brilliant design like this:

is also proudly fronting this:

Of course there is a long tradition of lame Olympic mascots to live up to but these unfortunate spawn of Cyclops and Teletubby are monstrous in every way.

(image of mascots from The New York Times, Julian Finney/Getty Images)

1 comment:

  1. Oh god I saw these in the paper, they are truly awful! Yet another mistake by Mr. Johnson.

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