The hidden meaning behind the new Brisbane Olympics logo

The emblem for the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, Australia, is updating a well-known Olympic and Paralympic symbol to give it new meaning. Organizers accidentally leaked their own branding after inadvertently posting a video explaining the 2032 Games’ logo to its YouTube page. The emblem consists of shapes suggesting a five-flame Olympic torch and referencing several other meanings, chiefly the crest of a cockatoo and the location and year of the Games. [Images: Brisbane 2032, Eric Isselée/Adobe Stock] Brisbane organizers introduced the emblems in a promotional video by explaining that they chose to depict a cockatoo, a bird native to the region, because of its cheeky, playful spirit and the fact that it’s “iconically Australian” and significant to First Nations. [Images: Brisbane 2032, Ryan/Adobe Stock] Designers snuck in other details, too. The five feathers in the crest are grouped in bunches of three and two, to stand for ’32, the year the Games will be held, and the crest is shaped to fit inside the map of Queensland, the Australian state of which Brisbane is the capital. [Images: Brisbane 2032, magr80/Adobe Stock] The emblem comes in two colorways, pink with orange accents…