Olympics
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Behind the scenes: how the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torches, Rings, and Agitos came to life
ArcelorMittal’s three-part video series offers a first look behind the scenes of how the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic creative vision was ignited
By Tianna Williams Published
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DAB Motors celebrates Olympic glory with five unique custom-designed electric motorbikes
The French electric motorbike brand has created five sport-inspired editions as a way of marking Paris 2024 and the arrival of DAB Custom Studio
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Olympics opening ceremony: a little Gaga, a lot of spectacle, and universal uplift
How Paris 2024’s Olympics opening ceremony set spirits – and much else – soaring, embracing the Seine, the streets and the skies. Craig McLean reports
By Craig McLean Published
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In time for the Olympics, Onitsuka Tiger opens a Paris ‘hôtel’
Hôtel Onitsuka Tiger, on Avenue des Champs-Élysées, promises an immersive journey into the Japanese brand’s 75-year history, featuring some memorable ’residents’
By Jack Moss Published
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Take off: Mathieu Lehanneur's Olympic Cauldron rises into the Parisian night sky
The Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony was closed with a soaring cauldron spectacle that will go down in history
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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Postcard from Paris: Olympic fever takes over the streets
On the eve of the opening ceremony of Paris 2024, our correspondent shares her views from the streets of the capital about how the event is impacting the urban landscape.
By Minako Norimatsu Published
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Designing the Olympics: Wallpaper* interviews Joachim Roncin, director of design for Paris 2024
How do you begin to design the Olympics? We pulled up a pew with the director of design for Paris 2024 to learn more about gender-free mascots with a genital likeness and medals made from the Eiffel Tower
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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Tennis fashion for serving a style ace this summer
As Wimbledon begins on Monday (1 July 2024), the fashion brands serving up tennis style this summer, from Gucci’s 1970s-inspired capsule collection to a Loewe T-shirt from ‘Challengers’
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Highlights from Haute Couture Week A/W 2024
Wallpaper* picks the best of Haute Couture Week A/W 2024 in Paris, from Olympics-inspired offerings at Dior and Thom Browne to the first Chanel collection since the departure of Virginie Viard
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Spend the night in Mathieu Lehanneur’s Musée D’Orsay Airbnb in Paris
Mathieu Lehanneur, designer of the Paris Olympic torch, turns Musée D‘Orsay’s clock room into an Airbnb, which comes with a chance to watch the Olympic opening ceremony
By Bridget Downing Published
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‘Help me go faster’: How Nike Air is priming its athletes for Olympic success
Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Nike’s chief design officer Martin Lotti opens up to Wallpaper* about its latest high-performance sneakers, developed alongside world-leading athletes and honed using AI technology
By Ann Binlot Published
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Grand Palais restoration in Paris through the lens of champion fencer Enzo Lefort
As Paris’ Grand Palais prepares to reopen following extensive restoration by Chatillon Architectes, we visit the site with champion fencer and photographer Enzo Lefort, who documented the space ahead of the Olympic Games 2024
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Dip into the Paris pools and swimming culture enriching the 2024 Olympic Games
Paris pools, in the Olympics and beyond, have inspired fun, wellness and a love of sports in the French capital
By Ellen Himelfarb Published
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Paris 2024 and Chaumet unveil Olympic and Paralympic medals
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals designed by Chaumet are not just emblems of champions but are storytelling jewellery
By Minako Norimatsu Published
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Inside Mathieu Lehanneur’s new Paris studio
We catch up with French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, creator of the Paris 2024 Olympic torch, as he moves into a new HQ and refocuses his design studio
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Olympic Torch design by Mathieu Lehanneur unveiled
The Olympic Torch and Paralympic Torch design for Paris 2024 was conceived by Mathieu Lehanneur as an expressive object
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Omega's Olympic record of timing inventions
By Caragh McKay Last updated
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The Barking Bathhouse by Something & Son, London
By Alex Moore Last updated
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Tunnel vision: Carsten Höller adds record-breaking slide to ArcelorMittal Orbit
By Florence Waters Last updated
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The Athens Olympic Museum opens its doors
The new Athens Olympic Museum in Greece is about to open – courtesy of KLab and Mulo Creative Lab – combining culture and sports in a minimalist, yet rich spatial experience
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Olympic gold: a new exhibition programme in Lausanne celebrates the sporting stadium
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A beacon for Brazil: Chelles & Hayashi unveil Rio 2016 Olympic torch design
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Moulding gold: in the studio with the Olympic and Paralympic medal makers
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Tom Pigeon creates prints for Team GB ahead of 2020 Olympics
Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, Tom Pigeon has designed prints for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, inspired by classic posters from the 1960s and 1970s and Russian constructivist art
By Alyn Griffiths Last updated
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Print-making: Counter Editions teams up with big name artists on Team GB images
By Oyin Akande Last updated
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Step inside Asif Khan’s dark pavilion for the Winter Olympics
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Adidas and Stella McCartney unveil Team GB’s Rio Olympic kit
By Ali Morris Last updated