Melbourne Sport Museum Critiques

Critique 1

Image from: http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/sport/costs-and-benefits-of-the-olympics/

The Olympic symbol was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. It is composed of five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. These are the colours that were used for the national flags at that time.

The five rings represent the five (inhabited) continents of the world: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania (including Australia).

This symbol is very simple and the concept is strongly reflected. They are just lines creating circle shapes and they are overlapping each other, which reflects the interaction of the countries. The complementary colours are sitting next to each other, and the black sits in the middle. This makes it look very balanced and stable.

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Critique 2

Image from: http://www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/olympic-poster.html

London Olympics in 1948.

Compared to the other Olympic posters, this one looks very settled down because of the use of light lines and the subtle colours. Every object is set in the center, so it creates the stability as well. I found it could have more movement as the Olympic is a sporting event but the message “there will be the Olympic in London from July to August” is conveyed well. There is a yellow Big Ben on a blue background. It uses the complimentary colours well while keeping the neutral tone. The bottom of the Big Ben is bit blurred. This creates a bit of movement.