"An Olympic torch is a small, flaming time capsule. Since the start of the modern Games in 1936, the torch has been passed by thousands of runners in a relay that goes from Olympia, Greece to the host city's stadium. It's a feat of engineering, since it needs to be durable enough to resist wind and rain, while keeping the Olympic flame arrive. But torch designers also imbue them with symbolic meaning."
"His torch is perhaps the most sustainable one we've seen. It is made of recycled materials and it is designed to be refilled, so it can be used up to 10 times. It is minimalist to a fault, meant to fade into the background so that the world focuses on the flame within it. The flame, he says, is a powerful symbol of our joint humanity."
An Olympic torch functions as a small, flaming time capsule carried from Olympia, Greece through thousands of runners to the host stadium. Torches must be engineered to withstand wind and rain while preserving the flame. Torch designs carry symbolic meanings, exemplified by Berlin 1936's Nazi eagle, Sapporo 1972's thin cylindrical combustion tube, and Rio 2016's rippling blue waves. Carlo Ratti designed the Milano Cortina 2026 torch to reflect climate change and political polarization. The torch is built from recycled materials, refillable up to ten times, and intentionally minimalist so the flame, an ancient shared technology, remains the focus.
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