Here are Wenlock and Mandeville, the mascots for the 2012 Olympics in London, England. Wenlock will represent the Olympic games and Mandeville will represent the Paralympic games. Their names are a piece of history.
The characters' appearances are loaded with symbolism, explained at The Daily Mail. Link to story. http://www.ourlondon2012.com/mascots/ to website.-via Holy Kaw!
Wenlock is named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock where, in the mid-19th century, the Wenlock Games became one of the inspirations for the modern Olympic movement.
Mandeville's name is derived from Stoke Mandeville, in Buckinghamshire, home to Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
In the 1940s Dr Ludwig Guttman came to the hospital to set up a new spinal unit to help former soldiers suffering from spinal cord injuries.
Looking for ways to inspire those in his care he encouraged them to take up sport and the Stoke Mandeville Games was formed, widely recognised as a forerunner of the modern Paralympic movement.
The characters' appearances are loaded with symbolism, explained at The Daily Mail. Link to story. http://www.ourlondon2012.com/mascots/ to website.-via Holy Kaw!
I wonder if they'll be making kids' toys of them?
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@Finagle- You make it sound like the UK has a government department of surveillance.
But in all seriousness, if you pay for some professional firm to create some cartoon characters, they'll come up with some stupid crap, ESPECIALLY if you pay them to do it. They should have just asked some primary school to come up with designs. Would have saved money and would actually be nice to look at.
Of course Olympic mascots have a tradition of being strange, unpopular, and generating a lot of unsold merchandise...
Maybe just stick to the posted article and stop having a go at other countries (I'm assuming you don't live in the UK). I haven't said anything about the country you live in, as I don't pretend to know anything about how it works. Maybe you (and everyone else commenting about "state surveillance") are compensating for something about your own situation by belittling my country?
How's the patriot act going?
To me, they lack a LOT of creativity. I've lost track of the number of one-eyed monster creations I've seen in the past 15 years. It seems like whenever there's a small company doing "Artist" action figures/toys there's a one-eyed monster in the mix somewhere.
Is originality dead? Has the internet caused artists to work off each other to the point of nauseating predictability?
Given this level of truly the most appalling, butt ugly and simply hideous beyond compare effort involved here, I'm almost tempted to watch the opening ceremonies. Because they're sure to be utterly tacky, disgusting, and worth at least one good party.