Medals

The medals for these Olympics take the shape of a seven-sharded sunburst. The sev- en shards reference the seven-pointed star on the Australian national flag representing the six states and all future territories. These shards are numbered from 1 to-7: shard 1 is the one on the top or in the 12 o’clock posi- tion, shard 2 is the one immediately next to it moving clockwise, and so on. The shard on which the pictogram is placed also controls where it is located on the medal. Centered in the middle of the medal is the five-pointed star seen from the official Brisbane flag. The seven shards join in at the five-pointed star, representing the unity that Brisbane has with Australia.

Participation Medal

Silver Tennis, Gold Cycling (Track) and Bronze Basketball

The medals were created first digitally in Illustrator to get the correct proportions and angles for each shard. This was also done to get the shapes of the shards for the pictogram containers. You can see what the vector rendering (above) vs. the three-dimensional render (left). The choice was made to have each medal constructed uniquely to its sport because it felt like that gave more prominence to the athletes and their achievements. The medals for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic games are unique, and no two medals are alike.