The design that won, by Thomas Heatherwick and Wrightbus, restored the open rear platform.

BBC: London's iconic buses are back

This year, Thomas Heatherwick's shortlisted Olympic cauldron lost out to Kit Yamoto's anti-diarrhoea kits in the product category.

BBC: Gov.uk wins Design of the Year award

Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron and the sweeping velodrome arena will compete against Turner Prize nominee Paul Noble in the visual arts category.

BBC: Olympic art nominated for South Bank award

Thomas Heatherwick's spectacular flames were finally extinguished before the pension-age members of The Who sang us out with My Generation to a generation young enough to be their grandkids.

BBC: Olympics closing ceremony: A long goodbye to the Games

Thomas Heatherwick, who created the cauldron in which the Olympic flame burned for the duration of the London Games, helped design the new bus, commissioned by London Mayor Boris Johnson.

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