Souvenir items for The Olympic Museum

To mark the reopening of The Olympic Museum, the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne has been working on designing souvenir items for the Museum shop, created by Bachelor of Industrial Design students after a workshop with Hector Serrano, a Spanish designer based in Valencia. Two of these projects are set to go on sale in the Museum shop shortly. The aim was to create a collection of souvenirs which reflect the spirit of Olympism and The Museum in a contemporary, fun way. Using his experience in this area, Spanish designer Hector Serrano gave the students some tips on what makes a successful souvenir item. The students came up with around 30 proposals, which were submitted to a jury composed of Olympic Museum and IOC employees.

Projects

Little Audience, ECAL/Camille Ringenbach
“Moo Box” containing different sounds (applause, shouts and cries of disappointment by spectators) to create your own mini Olympic audience.

Pop-up Sculptures, ECAL/Emil Hjorth-Rohde
These postcards show delicate athlete figures achieving Olympic exploits.

Olympic Matches, ECAL/Cyrille Verdon
This detachable matchbox (available in summer and winter versions) contains a list of Summer and Winter Games Olympic torches, recalling dates and countries, but also the torch display at The Olympic Museum. By playing with the Olympic torch and match flames, you can light the Olympic flame for Rome, Beijing, London, etc.

P.S., ECAL/Pierre Bouvier
The “P.S.” series of animated postcards offers mini games based on the graphics of Olympic sports arenas.

First, ECAL/Renaud Donadey
A series of sculptures immortalising the movement of athletes whose performances have gone down in Olympic history. Made of silver-plated brass, these easy-to-assemble objects can be displayed on a desk or bookcase.

The Olympic Sports Pop-Up Book, ECAL/Paul Tubiana
The Olympic Sports Pop-Up Book presents various disciplines of the Olympic Games.

Stadium, ECAL/Marceau Avogadro
Wooden ball game symbolising a never-ending athletics race