'Then I caught sight of my lumbering, puce-faced reflection'

Reports are Beijing is polluted as sin, just another thing athletes and fans have to worry about.
Two separate stories within hours of each other (here, and here)

What a load of cock.

Britons held over Beijing protest.

A brit has been held for a stunt involving a lampost, an illegal act and the police.
It wasnt his stag do, he was protesting on behalf of the Tibetans.
His opinion is the Beijing Olympics are a tool for China distract the world from there treatment of the Tibetans.

More here.

Free Beiging olympic typeface anyone?

Here you go!

The Capital Spiritual Civilisation Construction Commission

The 15,000,000 Beijing residents have been given there orders from the man.
There are some interesting 'requests', some of the more obscure are:

Dont's
— Wear white socks with black shoes
— Wear high collar if they have a short neck
— Women should not wear leather skirts, transparent garments, clashing colours or more than three colour groups at once
— Fight over who settles the bill
— Press others to drink at a banquet

Do's
— Plant their feet slightly apart, in the shape of a V
— Women should wear light make-up
— Darker stockings should be used to cover thicker ankles
— Match the length of skirt to age. Young girls can wear skirts three centimetres to six centimetres above the knee
— All residents should go easy on garlic and clean their mouths

Im not joking, see!

Amnesty International Beijing Ads.

This set of three ads (1, 2 & 3) have cause widespread controversy within the ad world. Tackling such a serious topic is bound to raise some eyebrows.

Personally i think they are brilliantly powerful images, however i don't like the marriage between politics and sport, seems like a cheap and inappropriate shot in the plums.

Will the heavy security sour the atmosphere?

People are speculating over the above question...
There has already been riots and protests.
I mean WTF is this???



But seriously, More here.

A History of Olympic posters.

Ok - so its not about Beijing, but whatever.
I'll get onto that soon.

A Full history of Olympics posters, dating back to PRE 1900!!!

My Inspiration

Id love to say a big thanks to Joe Stamp for his truly inspirational blog about the games, hes a true visionary.
Thanks Joe - I wouldn't be where i am now if it wasn't for you...

His blog is literally amazing.

1st post - warming up for the games

BBC Sport's marketing campaign and titles for the forthcoming Olympic Games are based upon the traditional Chinese folklore 'Journey to the West'. The animation and music were specially produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn.
The beeb are warming us up!