Organisers of this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have unveiled the uniform for 14,000 volunteers and the event’s workforce, which is said to have drawn inspiration from local landmarks and architecture.

Max Jimminson, uniforms manager at Birmingham 2022, said design motifs were taken from Dutch practice Mecanoo’s Library of Birmingham, which opened in 2013, and Alejandro Zaera-Polo’s Grand Central redevelopment of the city’s New Street Station, which opened in two years later.

“We drew inspiration from local landmarks and architecture to create authentic and eye-catching designs,” he said.

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