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Torch design to blaze new path
By Lei Lei (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-12-07 06:11
A campaign was launched yesterday to find the perfect design for the 2008
Beijing Olympic torch.
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1936 Games
in
Berlin
Height: 27 cm
Weight: 908
grams.
| Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)
announced that the solicitation period will run until February 28, 2006.
1996 Games
in
Atalanta
Height: 80.5 cm
Weight: 1,550
grams. | "Our concepts of the torch design are 'glory and dream, tradition and
modernity, culture and harmony,'" said Zhang Ming, deputy director of BOCOG's
Culture and Ceremonies Department.
"Design proposals for the Beijing Olympic torch are supposed to artistically
interpret the rich connotations of these concepts."
2000 Games in
Sydney
Height: 72 cm
Weight: 1,000
grams | According to Zhang, submissions are also expected to display the
distinguishing features of the Beijing Games, namely "Chinese style, cultural
splendour and contemporary spirit," and to fully demonstrate the vitality and
passion of the torchbearers,
"BOCOG also requires that the proposed designs should be original and
creative, and that the torch incorporates state-of-the-art technology," Zhang
added.
As stated by Zhang, anyone interested is welcome to contribute. The request
forms for proposals and other related documents can be downloaded from
beijing2008.com, the official BOCOG website.
"The organizing committee of the torch design will also
invite specialized art and industrial design institutes to contribute designs,
as well as individual designers, including those who have been involved in the
torch designs for previous Games," Zhang said.
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