A new logo for the Staff Association

On 3rd December 2012 the Staff Association launched a competition open to all to design a new logo, which should not contain the official CERN logo, reserved by CERN’s new graphic charter to the official use by the Organization.

We are pleased that this competition sparked a strong interest. A total of 57 proposals were received within the time limits, some submitted from far away: Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey and even Cameroon!

The selection of the winning logo was made in two steps: first the pre-selection of six finalists, followed by the final choice of the winning logo by members of the Staff Association. 

Winning logo

The pre-selection was made in two stages. Three of the six finalists were nominated by a jury consisting of seven members of the Staff Association, including communication professionals. In parallel, from 4 to 15 February CERN employed members of the personnel were able to visit the exhibition of all the logo proposals on the 1st floor of the Main Building and select by electronic vote three additional logos for the final vote.

From 18 to 22 February, the six thus pre-selected logos were submitted to the members of the Staff Association who have chosen, by electronic vote, the winner. The result is the following:

  • 1st : Logo 8 (132 votes), see below
  • 2nd equal second:  Logo 4 and Logo 33 (90 votes)
  • 4th :  Logo 56 (71 votes)
  • 5th :  Logo 34 (41 votes)
  • 6th :  Logo 19 (38 votes)

          

         

An award ceremony was held on Friday 1st March in the Main building in the presence of many of the participants. The six laureates received a price offered as follows:

  • 1st prize: an Ezee Suisse electric bike
  • 2nd prize (equal second) : a voucher for Go Sport with a value of 200 €
  • 4th to 6th prize: a voucher for Go Sport with a value of 50 €

Other prizes offered by our commercial partners (Aquaparc, BCGE, L’Occitane, Passeport Gourmand, Sephora, Theater La Comédie de Genève) were drawn amongst the other participants to the competition.

by Staff Association