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Blunt Talk About The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch
The official torch design for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is here and it's… pretty lit. Maybe more so than usual.
The winning design was conceived by homegrown designers Chelles & Hayashi of São Paulo, chosen from a field of 76 contending Brazilian firms. While it wasn’t the only fun stick in the joint, the jury apparently voted unanimously for this cool cone.
The smooth torch is made from recycled aluminum, and its dankest highlight is the way it telescopes to show flashes of color and harmonious joining of its separate elements. It’s a graceful and organic design, great for a mellow hand-off.
In the words of the buds who designed it, ‘The design of the Rio 2016 torch was inspired by the Olympic spirit, our country’s nature, and the harmonious diversity and energy of our people…Its horizontal segments, once open, reveal the sky, mountains, sea and the ground, represented by the promenade of Copacabana.“
Our first impression? This thing looks like a blunt.
Maybe a mechanized, Transformers-universe blunt, but we’re living in a post-vape-normalization world and the similarities are chronic. What do you think? Is it totally dope, or a real bomber?
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