Since it’s unveiling in July, the logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and its designer Kenjiro Sano, have been mired in controversy amid accusations of plagiarism and a decidedly tepid reaction from the public.

Whilst Mr. Sano denies the claims, it appears that whoever put together the mockups highlighting how the emblem might be used in public settings around Tokyo also decided to take some liberties with others work – most notably mine!

The graphic above was emailed to me by a “concerned citizen” who somehow managed find out that the background photo used for the composite illustration of Shibuya came from a blog post I wrote a number of years ago.

Whilst it’s very cool to see one of my photos being used in this way it would have been nice if they’d at least asked.

Note: I provide all my photos on Flickr under a Creative Commons license, but they’re only for non-commercial use and must be attributed.