Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed Essential, a pair of deliberately pared-back iridescent torches that will carry the Olympic and Paralympic flame at next year’s Milano Cortina Winter Games.
Essential is a design collaboration between Ratti’s studio Carlo Ratti Associati, energy company Eni and chemicals company Versalis, with engineering by Cavagna Group.
Characterised by sleek cylindrical bodies, the lightweight torches were unveiled yesterday in simultaneous ceremonies held at Milan’s Triennale Milano museum and the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan.
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