Heatherwick Does It Again!
The cauldron at London 2012 is nothing like I’ve seen at any other Olympics.
And like the New Bus for London, it’s out of the studio of Thomas Heatherwick. Read more about it here.
It enabled a number of promising athletes chosen by our more successful past Olympians to light the cauldron.
I may have found some of the things in the Opening Ceremony a bit naff and politically correct, but I’ll give two hundred out of a hundred for the way the cauldron was designed, built and lit.
The Anonymous Widower 
I liked the idea of the older athletes choosing promising young athletes to light the cauldron, and passing the flame to them.
Comment by liz | July 28, 2012 |
I did too!
Comment by AnonW | July 28, 2012 |
Yes a good idea . . . did you notice the flower shape of an English Rose ?
Comment by Steam Lover | July 29, 2012 |
I didn’t. But that idea fits with Heatherwick’s thinking. They draw from what has worked in the past.
Comment by AnonW | July 29, 2012 |
[…] perhaps now is the time to call for Thomas Heatherwick. […]
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