Cauldron put up for award

The Olympic Cauldron faces competition from an innovative computer and a non-stick tomato ketchup bottle in the race to be named the Design of the Year.

James Heatherwick’s design, made up of 204 copper petals which were made by StageOne of Tockwith, near York, formed the centrepiece of the Olympic Stadium before being dismantled.

It is one of 90 nominations for the award, run by the London Design Museum, and is shortlisted for the best product of the year along with the liquiglide ketchup bottle, which was treated with an edible super-slippery substance to stop sauce getting stuck.

London’s tallest skyscraper The Shard has been shortlisted for the architecture award, while the affordable Raspberry Pi computer is up for the digital award.

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