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Mittens - the mascot of the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014 from Turbomilk

“In the brainstorming session, we tried to remember something simple and familiar to everyone from childhood. Unfortunately, due to the insufficient degree of Russian identity, we had to abandon the language, frozen to the swings and the man-ice-hole. ”



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As usual, the decision came unexpectedly - mittens! Mom mittens stitched with a rubber band, so as not to get lost; everyone remembers hot crumpled mittens with batteries and tasty ice pieces on wool on the way home from a walk. The Russian “mitten” comes from the “Varanhk mitten”, so everything is alright with identity.

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It all started with these sketches:

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Each discipline has its own symbol:

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/108022/



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