London diary

The Artist (2011)

Men shoes, from Afghanistan, 18th century - made of embroidered leather and lace - collection Guillen at Musée International de la Chaussure à Romans, Fr, seen July 2012 - photo by Christophe Villard

The controversial 115 metre-high sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond for the London 2012 Olympic Park is now complete.

A latticed timber hut on stilts by Studio Weave marks the direct route from the City of London to the Olympic Park.

Flex-Foot Cheetah blades by Össur worn by Jonnie Peacock and Oscar Pistorius at the London 2012 Paralympics.

The feats of athleticism were stellar, yet somehow these Summer Games were stolen by a designer

warren elsmore has built the london 2012 olympic park from LEGO to celebrate the games.

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with the olympics just four days away, designboom takes a look at some of the art, architecture and graphics that will help form 'the look' of the 2012 games.

"Lucky Star" film poster - 1929, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams - watched July 31, 2012

Pixel board animations at London 2012 Olympic closing ceremony by Crystal CG

“Bloom”, spiraling neon Olympic-sanctioned pink structure constructed of individual pieces that can be reconfigured into an array of new shapes, conceived as an “urban toy” capable of fostering ”collective act[s] of imagination, search and play.” - pavilion commissioned by the Greater London Authority for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, designed by Alisa Andrasek and Jose Sanchez from the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL

Sandal by Charles Jourdan, satin, leather, strass, 1960 - at Musée International de la Chaussure à Romans, Fr, seen July 2012 - photo by Christophe Villard

Pour son premier film parlant, Frank Borzage offre de nouveau le premier rôle à son acteur fétiche Charles Farrell, celui de Liliom, un forain poussé à se suicider après avoir participé à une rapine et qui va devoir passer seize années au purgatoire avant de pouvoir revenir sur Terre le temps de demander pardon aux personnes qu’il a blessées. Avec ce film, Borzage passe brillamment la transition du cinéma parlant. Il parvient à utiliser les enseignements acquis pendant ses longues années…

though this is london's third time hosting the olympic summer games, many new permanent and temporary structures have been developed for the sporting events. here is designboom's round-up of the games' key venues.