London Orbit
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- spraycan0
not my cup of tea
- ernexbcn0
bollocks
- Kidswift0
I think it nicely progresses in the same vein as the fucking horrific London 2012 Olympic logo...
- ukit0
It reminds me a bit of 2Advanced V4 "Prophecy"
- kult0
Mind-numbingly terrible.
- dbloc0
looks like a twisted roller coaster
- dbloc0
rubbish
- Mimio0
Doesn't convey confidence in its structural integrity.
- dbloc0
If they make it into a death defying roller coaster, I'm in!
- dbloc0
will it be done in a month....that's when I'll be there.
- scarabin0
fucking hideous.
is britain trying to position themselves as a shitty theme park?
- detritus0
The perspective in that second image makes it look a little like it's hoovering up all the passers-by.
This thing's a Soylent Red maker, isn't it?
- sadpanda0
what a cool monstrosity
- lukus_W0
I was about to say it's rubbish - but then I read that we'll be able to climb it.
Also, it's being funded by a steel-magnate .. so we don't have to worry about taxes being wasted.
I'm sold .. it's a good idea.
- lukus_W0
Also, if a large public sculpture like this can be taken as a symbol of the aspirations of a country - I think there's something quite pleasantly honest / realistic about this one.
While the Eiffel Tower is regular and authoritarian .. this is a sprawling mess. No hierarchy - no single, pointed ambition. Just an organic, amorphous network of appendages. It's quite a modern statement - maybe a statement that we as a country should aim to promote.
The references to roller-coaster / helter-skelter is quite a witty touch. Bit self-deprecating maybe .. but ultimately a reminder that good times follow bad - and all is connected.
I think I might grow to like it.