Olympic Logo Designer Paid 13 Cents for His Work
Many people are surprised to hear that when Caroline Davidsion designed the Nike swoosh in 1971, the fledgling shoe company paid her just $35. But it might similarly be surprising to read that the man who designed the 2008 Olympic logo was paid just pennies by the Chinese Government.
Han Meilin, the 70-year-old man who led the teams that designed the 2008 Beijing Olympic logo, as well as the five mascots: a fish, a panda, a Tibetan antelope, a swallow and a “child of fire”, received less than $0.13 (1 Yuan) for his work. But Meilin, who also sculpts and paints, seems undaunted. “A little misfortune is not a bad thing,” he said. Who will get all the money from merchandise sales is yet to be decided, but it won’t be Meilin.
You can read the full story about Meilin and his designs in this Straits Times article.
While there are differences in cost of living between developed countries and China, this payment seems way, way too low, no?
November 30th, 2006
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December 28th, 2006
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January 16th, 2007
That article seems a little misleading, doesn’t it?
He got 1 Yuan from the Chinese government, but how much did the design team get from the Olympic Committee?
Also, what is the real origin of that design? The very creation of it is discussed in LogoLounge 3 and it says that the real creator of it is Guo Chunning, president of Armstrong International Corporate Identity Design Co. Ltd.
April 13th, 2007
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May 9th, 2007
Totally misleading and wrong news. God Bless.
May 24th, 2007
hey man i think this is a very nice article and people should know about this fact. i have already send a link of this article to all my friends who are related to designing and i think you should give more such info.
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July 15th, 2007
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July 15th, 2007
My Logo was designed for 20 US$.
July 24th, 2007
hey man from where do you get such info. tell me please i would like to know more
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I am not suprized at all.
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January 31st, 2008
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Is this story for real? I wonder why the article doesn’t mention much at all of the fact he was paid nothing for the work. I mean, it goes on to talk about his life but why doesn’t it tell us why he was paid so little for the work? Is it because he didn’t really design the logo? Maybe the “team” did? Is it because the Chinese are communist? Why? But the article doesn’t tell us anything – I think it may be misleading us, to be honest.
August 21st, 2008
Enjoy the Olympics.
September 5th, 2008
Olympic Logo Designer Paid 13 Cents for His Work?Is this story for real?for that big event and all of his work can be seen all over the world and paid only 13 cent?
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