Melbourne Sports Museum Critiques

The Beijing Olympic Games Mascot


Date: 2008


Artist: Yuanjie zheng


Medium: cloth and cotton


Ideologically in the design of Beijing Olympic mascots for the first time the animal and human image of the perfect combination of stressed people-oriented, people and animals , the concept of nature in harmony Heaven ; in the design concept for the first time the Olympic element reference to the mascot , the creative fire baby from the Olympic torch ; more prominent in the design application to extend the use of personalization . A major feature is the headgear part of the five mascots can be individually developed , the use of more extensive , children can be selected according to their preferences different headdress worn on the head , lively child has become a cute mascot interaction greatly enhanced ; in the number of Beijing Olympic Games mascot is also the most in Olympic history , reaching five , reflecting the Chinese culture is profound . However for me, this mascot's colour is too simple, single colour can't attract everyone's eyeball.


The Atlanta Olympic Games Mascot


Date: 1996

Artist: By American  Designer


Medium:  cloth


Olympic Games mascot is a product of fantasy , designed by U.S. Ke Laofu communications company in Atlanta subsidiary . After the end of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games , it several times to change the image. Finally, it got a mouth, and eyes shining star ; original slender leg muscle , his face grow a nose . The whole mascot to the dark blue colored Olympic rings are set in the tail and the top of the eye , the spread of a century ceremony of the Olympic spirit . Plus on the crack mouth to reveal white teeth , purple and red and white shoes, which will make up this colorful mascot .
Because this fantasy out of the creature is simply an unable to locate heterogeneous , no one can see it in the end , no one knows what it is , that the original name can only be called , "What is it ( what it is ) . " Open call for the organizing committee for its name and received the reply of the thousands of children around the world . Ultimately, 32 children in Atlanta, the proposal is adopted , Izzy has become the new name . However for me, this mascot's colour was very colourful, and the appearance is too complex, but also there are not enough creative.