- Posted by Johanna on August 16, 2008 at 2:31 pm
- Category: LinkBlogging
My favorite part of the Olympics? The mascots! They’re adorable, and such great character design. It’s in keeping with the country’s history and tradition.
I was most impressed by the various levels of meaning. Each one has a different Olympic color, represents a different animal (or the Olympic Flame), symbolizes a different natural element, has a different blessing (such as luck or passion), represents a different competitive category, and when you arrange the first halves of their names, the resulting phrase says, “Welcome to Beijing”. I don’t know how you’d even do such a multi-layered thing in English.