According to Lenovo, the torch design took ten months and was the product of more than 30 engineers and design specialists. The end result, called “The Cloud of Promise,†incorporates elements of both modern design and traditional Chinese culture. It’s modeled off the design of a scroll–remember, China is the birthplace of paper as we know it–and is decorated with red lacquer and cloud motifs derived from Chinese art traditions. Lenovo’s representatives stressed that like its PCs, the Olympic torch has been designed with both aesthetics and functionality in mind. The streamlined, 28-inch-long torch is a light load, weighing only 2.2 pounds. The company is touting it as the most technologically-advanced Olympic torch yet.
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