Students and graduates of the Royal College of Art (RCA) have collaborated with London 2012 Olympics to design the official Olympics 2012 Victory Ceremonies podia and ceremonial costumes.
Tom Crisp, Trine Hav Christensen and Zara Gorman are the talented fashion design postgraduates who created the ceremonial costumes to be worn by approximately 100 female Games Maker volunteer athletes and presenter escorts and 200 male Games Maker volunteer flower and medal bearers.
When designing the costumes, Tom Crisp and Trine Hav Christensen were inspired by Greek mythology as well as British heritage. Milliner Zara Gorman took her inspiration from the architecture of the iconic London 2012 sporting venues as well as aspects of classic British tailoring and sportswear.
Innovation design engineering postgraduates Gaetano Ling, Hong-Yeul Eom, Luc Fusaro, Heegun Koo and Yan Lu designed forty podia that will be used across all the Victory Ceremonies by approximately 4,400 athletes.
These designers created an outstanding modern twist on the yesteryears victory podia, using dynamic lines representing the energy that the Games and athletes represent.
The costumes and podia will be used across 805 Victory Ceremonies taking place in over 30 London 2012 venues. The design of the Victory Ceremonies has been created to be an exciting celebration of the achievements of every medal-winning athlete.
’‘It’s fantastic that Royal College of Art students have had so much involvement with the London 2012 Games – from creating artworks from recycled hoarding from the Olympic Park site in 2008 to the stunning costumes and podia being unveiled'’, said Professor Wendy Dagworthy, Dean of the School of Material.
‘’This really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these highly talented young designers, and a great way to showcase British design education to a global audience. 2012 is proving to be an exciting year for us in so many ways – especially as we also celebrate our 175th anniversary this year.’’
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