The exceptional medal design for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics was conceived by Canadian industrial designer/architect Omer Arbel and designer/artist Corrine Hunt. The medals are the first in history to contain gold, silver and copper recovered from end-of-life electronics otherwise destined for the landfill.
The medals are laser-etched with cropped portions of two large abstract artworks by Corrine Hunt – an orca whale for the Olympic medals and a raven for the Paralympic medals – making every medal one-of-a-kind with its cropped motif. According to Omer Arbel, the undulation on each medal corresponds to the natural topography of Vancouver.
images via dsgnworld
image of orca artwork via vancouver2010 video
