2010 Olympic medals going 'green'

[gsdx]

Vancouver's 2010 Olympic medals have been unveiled. Not only are they the largest and heaviest medals ever, but they are the Olympics' first-ever undulating medals, and they are almost completely composed of metal recycled from discarded computer circuit boards.

You can see and read more about them here:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/10/15/bc-vancouver-olympic-medal-design.html

 

[Pumpkin]

Cool... I like them...

 

[Triple G]

Ugly junk

 

[Lukeee]

Oh wow they are strange. What do they normally look like?

Also why do the paralympics get square ones but everyone else gets round ones?

 

[metta]

disappointing design. they look damaged/warped....like they melted in the heat.

 

[Puzuzzu]

disappointing design. they look damaged/warped....like they melted in the heat.

What?!
They look very artistic :/

 

[Puzuzzu]

Ugly junk

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Some people have no taste.

 

[metta]

What?!
They look very artistic :/

I like some abstract art. But I don't think that it works well with the way they have done it on those coins. They look damaged.

 

[boxerdudeuk]

i think they're absolutely beautiful.

 

[boxerdudeuk]

Also why do the paralympics get square ones but everyone else gets round ones?

LOL. no way..... seriously? it's hard to even ponder that without snickering for some reason. i'm a baaaaaad person hahaha.

 

[Puzuzzu]

I like some abstract art. But I don't think that it works well with the way they have done it on those coins. They look damaged.

I obviously disagree,
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2009/10/15/bc-vancouver-olympic-medal-design.html

 

[Kester]

they look damaged/warped....like they melted in the heat.

That was my first thought. Maybe they look better in person than they do in the picture.

 

[Triple G]

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Some people have no taste.

You sure don't

 

[gsdx]

In case you didn't read the article:

The official medals for the 2010 Winter Olympics were unveiled Thursday morning in Vancouver, featuring original West Coast aboriginal designs of an orca and a raven.

In an Olympic first, each medal will be unique, featuring part of an image cropped from two large master artworks by Corrine Hunt, a Canadian designer and artist of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage based in Vancouver, B.C.

The undulations:

Also for the first time, the medals are not flat. Instead, they have an undulating surface intended to represent the West Coast landscape of mountains and waves and drifting snow.

The entire medal is symbolic.

 

[justsimon]

They look better from the front:

 

[tcrawford18]

Uhh, how about no...

 

[Red Storm]

love them.

 

[gsdx]

Deciding whether or not they're ugly certainly became le topic du jour.

There hasn't been a single mention of the 'green' aspect of them.

 

[Puzuzzu]

You sure don't

That hurts.

 

[yeeeaaahhh]

Yeah I think they look fantastic. To each his own I guess.