Olympic Medal Project (Paris 2024 Candidacy)
After creating the Olympic Flame for the games of Albertville, Philippe Starck accepted, on the request of the multi-Olympic medalist Tony Estanguet, to conceive the Medal of the Paris candicacy for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Defeats and victories are collective. Behind these athletes who reach for excellence, there are the invisible hands that accompany, support and sculpt the body and mind of the champions. It is on this idea of Olympic reward as collective outcome to be shared that Philippe Starck imagined this medal, really “made for sharing”.
"The medalists will be able to take their medal, split it to give way to three other medals to offer to their loved ones as a witness to this great day, this great moment of self surpassing." Ph.S
And thus offer a fragment of their dream came true.
