Olimpiadi Torino 2006
DESALPES Olimpiadi Torino 2006. The symbol of the Olympic Games is ready. And' in fact is officially introduced on January 20 to Sea Building, to Milan, the torch of the Winter Olympic Games in Turin 2006. The Flame Olympic door the signature of Pininfarina, Official supplier of the TOROC, the Committee Organizer of the Games, that in base to the accords of partnership it is responsible of the style and of the engineering of the Torch as well as of the production in 12.000 samples within December 2005. Pininfarina, both for the design and for the production, you/he/she has been placed side by side by the direction Image and Events of the TOROC, and therefore compatible with the principal elements of communication of the Winter Olympic XX Giochi, from the mark, to the concept of passion, to the graphic format. Innovative the stylistic concept at the base of the sketch, that introduces him as a modern reinterpretazione of the traditional torch in wood: the flame therefore it winds the body of the torch, rather than to go out of a hole place on his/her summit, as it happened in the past editions. technologically orchestrate advanced, the torch has been projected in base to precise criterions and requisite; tall 770 mms, with a diameter of 105 mms and a weight of 1,850 kgs, he is not able in fact to relight, must not go off also in case of adverse climatic conditions as rain, snow and wind and the fire that it emits, of the autonomy of 15 minutes, you/he/she must not overcome a height of 10 centimeters. As it regards the used materials, the external hull is realized in aluminum, the inside equipment in steel, copper and tecnopolimeri while the superficial finish foresees a resistant special painting to the tall temperatures. The Trip of the Olympic Flame, that will cross the whole national territory, will have beginning from Rome December 8 th 2005, to arrive, through the run of 10.000 tedoforis, to Turin February 10 th 2006, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Winter Olympic XX Giochi. The first tedoforo that will bring the symbol for excellence of the Olympiads, will be Stephen Baldini, gold medal in the marathon to the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. They are Snow and Gliz, the mascot of the future Games in Turin 2006: the most original couple of the history of the Olympiads. You, soft, nice and elegant little ball of snow. Him, die of vivacious and playful ice. Snow and Gliz evoke in the forms of their bodies
and in their names the two essential elements for the carrying out
of the winter disciplines: the snow
and the ice.
Together they synthesize the best of the
Italian and Olympic values: friendship
and enthusiasm, loyalty and fun, design and ability to innovate. The Mascot of the Winter Olympiads
of Turin 2006 damage life to the dream
and to the challenge of a rich planetary event
of values universally recognized.
Olimpiadi Torino 2006
