Most Vancouverites remain grumpy about the Winter Olympics, but the Games are likely to improve the city in many ways, from better public transportation options to new public art.
The Vancouver Olympics begin this Friday. It's true, they won't be quite the design extravaganza that London 2012 will be--but there's still going to be hundreds of millions of dollars in design on display, everywhere from the uniforms to the buildings to the branding. Here's a look at the design elements you can expect to see flitting across your screen, in between shots of Johnny Weir, Apollo Ono, and Shaun White.
Luge freaks, hold on to your skin-tight unitards. For its 2010 Winter Olympics coverage, NBC is firing up surround sound that'll make the luge and bobsled events sound as loud and crisp as NASCAR on Fox.
