2010 Olympic medals unveiled
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jawnbcVANOC unveiled the gold, silver and bronze medals for both the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Conceptually they're the same design, delivered differently for each.
Concept
Corrine Hunt created two canvases upon which to build the design for the medals. Each canvas is a larger-scale modern interpretation of a West coast Aboriginal motif. Rather than having this canvas on every medal, each medal is pressed from a portion of the canvas. That means every medal will be distinct, even when comparing gold against gold. Here are the canvases:
Think of a sheet of dough and a cookie cutter. I think it's brilliant!
Next the design team wanted to integrate required elements the required elements (Olympic rings, emblem of the Games, the official name of each Games in both English and French) in different wants. They're all slightly offset when compared to most other medals. They wanted to integrate the topography of coastal British Columbia and its hilly and mountainous terrain.
Anyway, without further adieu...
Olympic medals: Paralympic medals:
If you've not yet guessed, I love them! Thoughts?
Concept
Corrine Hunt created two canvases upon which to build the design for the medals. Each canvas is a larger-scale modern interpretation of a West coast Aboriginal motif. Rather than having this canvas on every medal, each medal is pressed from a portion of the canvas. That means every medal will be distinct, even when comparing gold against gold. Here are the canvases:
Think of a sheet of dough and a cookie cutter. I think it's brilliant!
Next the design team wanted to integrate required elements the required elements (Olympic rings, emblem of the Games, the official name of each Games in both English and French) in different wants. They're all slightly offset when compared to most other medals. They wanted to integrate the topography of coastal British Columbia and its hilly and mountainous terrain.
Anyway, without further adieu...
Olympic medals: Paralympic medals:
If you've not yet guessed, I love them! Thoughts?
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Date: 2009-10-16 05:20 am (UTC)I like the medals. Not what I would've done but since I won't be receiving one I don't really mind.
It's cool that an art form that could have easily been lost and been something for museums is part of the modern world and instantly recognizable as to where it's from all over the world. I also like how the people are still around and still doing their thing. Have you seen the new totem poles in Stanley Park? They're kind of like gates but they have a style that's traditional and a modern evolution of the style. Almost Celtic in a way too.