He will imagine what will host the famous flame of the Olympics. Designer Mathieu Lehanneur will design the Olympic torches and cauldrons for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, the organizers of these Games, which will be held in the summer of 2024, announced on Thursday.
This “essential figure of French design” was chosen following a call for tenders, the organizing committee said in a press release. He was chosen “for his poetic approach of great symbolic force as well as for his ability to understand the values and codes of Paris 2024”, adds the organizing committee (Cojo).
“His works are now part of the most important public and private collections in the world”, according to the Cojo, citing the Center Pompidou, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, or the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of San Francisco Modern Art.
The flame will arrive in France in Marseille
He was also at the origin of “a concept of solar-powered street furniture unveiled during COP21” or a “domestic air filtration system using plants developed with Harvard University and produced on the basis of a study conducted by NASA”, notes the Cojo.
The torch lit at Olympia will arrive in Marseilles. Then, it will continue its journey during the torch relay which will cross approximately 65 territories according to the latest figures from the Cojo.
On the artistic side, the team that will surround Thomas Jolly, artistic director chosen in September 2022 to lead the opening ceremonies, including the unprecedented opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the Seine, should be announced soon.
