The major candidates are Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. The International Olympics Committee will announce the Gold Medal winner host on October 2.

But here are the logos.

Chicago

Olympics Chicago 2016 logo

Madrid

Madrid Olympics logo 2016

Designed by Joaquín Malle. It’s hand with the Olympics logo and a the M of Madrid, basically saying “Hola Everyone!”

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 logo

Designed by Ana Soter, it represents the Sugarloaf Mountain. Slogan: Live your passion.

Tokyo

Tokyo Olympics logo 2016

Designed by Kenji Ekuan, accompanied by the slogan, “Uniting Our Worlds.”

As explained in this article:

The logo of the Tokyo 2016 Olympic bid takes the form of a traditional Japanese knot, known in Japan as “MUSUBI.” It integrates the five Olympic colours into the motif of a “MIZUHIKI”, colourful and decorative knotted strings which long have been utilized in Japan to signify blessings during times of celebration.

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So, still half sleeping, I raise an eyebrow and think, “Maybe they are not talking about imaging.”

A third guy joins in and the same girl asks, “Since you have already studied it, what is ‘noise?’” He answers that he’s going to look at his notes and opens his copybook, he goes through his pages and says, “It’s something that doesn’t belong to a photo–then he looks at them and adds–Like a wrong colour or something.”

At that point I think, “Wait a minute” I kinda wake up and say, “Noise is dots on a photo, or scratches that don’t belong to the image.” Very simplified explanation of course and the word “dot” in the Italian version of that sentence makes more sense. The proper definition is here.

So I sit and think, “What the hell are people teaching at school?” And that’s when I think that having done tailored courses and on the job training actually helped me more than my design school. I thought my school was bad, but it doesn’t seem the only one.

What do you feel has helped you the most in your education?

Since all the people I know already have their hosting, I thought I’d let you guys know. If you are looking for a hosting company I can assure you SiteGround is a great one. If you want one of my gift certificates please leave a comment here and make sure you fill in your real email address in the comment form. I won’t spam ya. I’ll just send you the invitation.

Happy holidays.

PRESS RELEASE
Los Angeles, Calif. – September 12, 2006 – Mayhem Studios recognized for design excellence. The Studios’ works will be featured in David E. Carter’s next book, Big Book of Layouts, which will be in book stores soon. The book will feature outstanding design layout works from around the world.

Mayhem Studios Contributes to Logo Nation Article

Mayhem Studios contributes to an article for Creative Latitude, Logo Notions written by Jeff Fisher, Say NO!LOGO to speculative “contests” and identity design requests. We were honored to be asked to contribute to an article concerning Speculative Work and Contests. How it negatively affects the creative community.

Jeff Fisher, the Engineer of Creative Identity for www.jfisherlogomotives.com, is the author of “The Savvy Designer’s Guide to Success: Ideas and tactics for a killer career. He can often be found preaching what he practices through speaking engagements at creative industry events around the country and writing for various design-related magazines and webzines.

www.CreativeLatitude.com is a worldwide community that unites various creative disciplines for collective promotion, education and ethical business practice.

Mayhem Studios’ recently completed projects

Recruitment brochure and flyer for Santa Monica College and the City of Santa Fe Springs. Mayhem Studios helped Santa Monica College and the City of Santa Fe Springs in developing the right message in their recruitment efforts. Which was a success, resulting in a great turn out.

Energy Contractors Product Sheet. Mayhem Studios helped Energy Contractors design a product sheet which is appealing and conveyed the proper selling points of their products, which helped to increase sales.

Clayton Real Estate brochure for Clayton Realtors. Mayhem Studios created a dynamic promotional piece that set Clayton Realtors apart from the rest of the Real Estate companies. Which has increased their clientele dramatically.

Calvin Lee is a graduate of Platt College and serves as a member of the Platt College Advisory Board for the Visual Communications Department and is part of the www.no-spec.com Committee. Lee is also the organizer and president of the Los Angeles Designers Association.

Mayhem Studios is a small award-winning design firm located in Los Angeles. Developing identity and brand recognition for the business sector across the nation. The Studio uses strategic and creative design with effective messages targeted to the client’s specific audiences to produce identity and branded collateral pieces, annual reports, brochures, logo design, advertising & interactive web sites. Additional information may be found at the Studio’s web site, www.mayhemstudios.com.

A case study demonstrates how a specific situation was initially identified, which solution was selected to resolve the issue, and a summary of the final results.

In the IT world, case studies tend to be short; somewhere between 300-500 words.

In general, aim for three pages, and include one graphic per page at most. Anything more and it looks like ‘hard sell’; case studies typically adopt a ‘soft-sell’ approach.

How to structure your case study

There are three sections to a case study.

• • Problem
• • Implementation
• • Results

The opening ‘problem’ section must carry a punch. In other words, it has to mean something to the reader – something that they can relate to.

Always write about an issue that has significant business impact for the reader. Demonstrate how your product resolved a critical business issue—what you’re implying in this section is that if they choose your service, you can also resolve their issues…

Indeed, the more specific the case study, the more effective it will be. Case Studies that propose to ‘solve all problems’ are not taken seriously.

Highlight the Benefits

Instead, concentrate on how the solution, or service, addresses a very specific issue. Be very careful here, as the entire case study is built around this single issue.

Don’t dilute the case study by addressing more the one issue – stick to one area and explain how you can solve the problem in measurable and quantifiable terms. For example:

• • Support your case study with statistics, figures and tables where appropriate.
• • Return On Investment — explain how the investment in your product/service pays for itself. For example, it increases productivity by 50% within 2 months.
• • Demonstrate how you can substantiate this; otherwise, your argument loses credibility.
• • Cost Containment – how does the solution help contain costs? This area is very important, as budgets are always a sensitive issue. If you can illustrate how a similar company saved a certain amount of money by adopting your product—i.e. real proof—you’ll certainly captures the reader’s attention.
• • Reducing Barriers — demonstrate how your solution improves operations. For example, how does it fit into their business process? This is a good area to mention how your system plugs into other applications or expensive business critical applications.
• • Use your judgment when compiling the final case study document. Avoid making it too technical or overloading it with excessive statistics.
• • Make the statistics stand out so that the reader can easily digest them — and then remember them later on.

Long Term Rewards

Impressive case studies stand out; decision-makers will use them as a source of reference and cite you as a credible, trustworthy and reliable source of information — the type of company people want to do business with.

PS

Include a benefit in the title of your case study.

Instead of writing “Aerospace Case Study”, say “Case study on How Product X Improved Sales by 300%”.

Grab their attention from the start — and then keep it!

Article by Ivan Walsh, who runs Klariti.com and specializes in Professional Writing Services.

Technorati Tags: writing, business, promotion, case study, marketing

Blog spammers are attacking blogs with their typical messages, but they have a new, ingenious, and potentially catastrophic trick. They’re incorporating links to legitimate, respectable domains into those attacks. The net result is that automated spam filters, even so-called “smart filters” like Dr. Dave’s Spam Karma plug-in system for WordPress-based blogs, are Blacklisting domains like CNN.com, IMDB.com, MacCentral.com, and dozens of others.

The anti-spam logic engine on one of my high search engine ranking sites, for example, Blacklists 15-25 respectable domains daily.

This is a threat that can be successfully fought if awareness is raised in the net. I invite you to read the rest of his article to better understand this phenomenon.

The FAQ clearly explains vital things like what 3G, 3GPP and 3GPP2. You can find it here.

The case study is by Tristan Louis and is based on the number of incoming links as shown Technorati.

Shai also posts a little quiz to find out how much your blog is worth. Do you agree that the value of blogs can be exclusively based on incoming links?

Apple is gaining more and more market share with their Mac OS X, their inexpensive Mac Mini and their powerful G5. As Apple released their Mighty Mouse, iPod Nano recently came on the scenes. But have you ever wondered how the very first Apple products looked like? Do you know what they were?

Apple Advertising and Brochure Gallery will show you their collection of Apple ads, ranging from 1976 up to 1998, when the iMac was introduced.

Technorati tags: hardware, Apple, computers.