13 posts tagged with 2010
Sawubona to Zakumi!
Say hello to Zakumi! A “jolly, self-confident, adventurous, spontaneous, and actually quite shrewd little fellow”, and the official mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
He’s a 12-year-old leopard sporting the green and gold colours of Bafana Bafana, and who at one time “decided to dye his hair green as … view full post
Green Point Stadium
I stumbled on this rendered video by Macina Digital Film of the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town currently under construction (view progress gallery) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Quite inspiring, I especially love the floodlights and nighttime illumination. But from an aerial perspective I still think it looks like a giant toilet … view full post
Winning poster announced for 2010 FIFA World Cup
An update to one of my previous posts: the South African public have voted, and the official 2010 FIFA World Cup poster was announced on the weekend. The winning poster by Switch Design (also responsible for the 2010 logo) depicts the African continent forming a man’s profile … view full post
Public voting for 2010 poster opens
Public voting for 2010 poster opens, via BizCommunity:
South African residents are being invited to make their voices heard from today by voting for one of three designs to become the official poster of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It is the second time since the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany (see those poster designs) that the residents
Turning Torso
HSB Turning Torso is a skyscraper in Malmö, Sweden, designed by the award-winning Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Via Wikipedia:
It uses nine five-story cubes that twist as it rises; the top-most segment is twisted ninety degrees clockwise with respect to the ground floor. One reason for the building of Turning Torso was to reestablish a recognizable skyline for Malmö
Cape Town’s new host city logo for 2010
The logo depicts the city’s defining icon, Table Mountain, under the African sun and with the waters of Table Bay beneath.
It will be used in conjunction with the official emblem, to form a composite logo. [...] the main aim was to create a unique identity that captures the design
Blink, and you might miss it
Blink, and you might miss it:… view full post
The 2010 FIFA World Cup logo
UPDATE [26/04]: I stumbled on this PDF document (via ASA) – 2010 FIFA Public Guidelines for the World Cup – designed to offer guidance and information regarding the usage of Official Marks, in the form of a list of do’s and don’ts…
Interesting to see that they’ve used the logo that I … view full post
Two news stories I’m currently following
City’s new look for 2010 (via Cape Times)
Faced with legal action and the risk of losing the 2010 World Cup semifinal event because of a possible delayed start in construction of the stadium, the City of Cape Town yesterday agreed to a negotiated settlement with leaseholders of the Green Point Common that will safeguard the area from future commercial
Google Maps for Africa
David just e-mailed me asking when Google Maps added street level mapping for Africa, and sure enough, I think as of yesterday, they have!
This is awesome news, I’ve really been hoping this would happen and it’s a nice suprise. Read more on Google Maps Mania – Big news: African continent gets Google Maps roads and streets:
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