Here’s a nicely-illustrated, clearly-written guide to architecture and design at the Vancouver Games, which start tonight. It covers everything from the skating arena (left) to medals, podiums, buses and retro closing-ceremony outfits (by Ralph Lauren, natch) for American athletes.
The conclusion reached by fastcompany.com’s Cliff Kuang: Vancouver won’t be a design extravaganza on the order of the London Summer Games in 2012, but there will still be plenty of design on display. And some of it looks very handsome.
Chicagoans still mourning the city’s blowout loss in its bid for the 2016 Summer Games may not want to read this.
Posted by: Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune
February 12, 2010