Gallery: The Olympics Deserve Souvenirs as Classy as These

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    Students at ECAL designed a series of souvenirs for the Olympics.
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    Emil Hjorth-Rohde

    Emil Hjorth-Rohde designed pop-up postcards. They will actually be sold in the Olympic Museum shop.
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    Camille Ringenbach

    Camille Ringenbach's Little Audience is a moo box that plays the sound of an audience cheering when you flip it upside down. It was also chosen to be sold in the shop.
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    Cyrille Verdon

    You can light you own torch with Cyrille Verdon's matches, which are modeled after torches from various Olympic games.
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    Pierre Bouvier

    Pierre Bouvier designed animated postcards that are like mini games.
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    Paul Tubiana

    Paul Tubiana created a pop-up book that depicts various Olympic sports.
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    Marceau Avogadro

    Marceau Avogadro's wooden ball game is meant to symbolize a never-ending athletic race.
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    Clara Dalbera

    Clara Dalbéra's Olympic ring sparkler is a clever take on the opening ceremony.
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    Renaud Donadey

    Renaud Donadey's silver-plated brass sculptures immortalize the motion of history-making athletes.
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