Greek Product's Logo Selected

The contest started four years ago, when 160 proposals were submitted by 96 people and companies. The contest for the logo which will represent Greek products sold in the country and all over the world is now over and the winner has been selected. Three logos were the final contestants in the contest organized by the Development ministry: A heart shaped Greek flag, a column capital shaped by the letters “G” and “R” and a small boat, the age old symbol of Greece, and the Heart won.

The three logos were selected by a committee of experts and were posted on the ministry's website (www.mindev.gov.gr) for fifteen days, giving the public the opportunity to vote for their favorite one.

“We wanted to impress sentiment, love and a positive emotion”, says Mimika Davia, one of the three creative members of “Genesis”, the advertising agency behind the Greek flag heart shaped logo. “Symbolism is there too”, she adds, “with the flag cross representing mathematics and the Greek flag a sign of positivity”.

The other contestants

Ad agency ATTP is behind the GR shaped column capital. Executive Nikos Palaiologos says his team wanted to avoid folklore. “We wanted to create a new symbol for Greece”, he added. “Our aim was to offer a new reading of Greece”. The symbolism is quite clear – it shows a country firmly on its feet and that's an image in which the world recognizes Greec

Kalliopi Psalti, an art director working for 20 years and a mother of two, is the creator of the small boat logo. She says she was inspired by her children , making paper boats all the time. “The small boat is all about Greece”, she says. “It makes you think of trade and traveling, two of the most characteristic Greek traits”, she adds.

Rigging

However, less than a week after the three logos were put to the online vote, it was postponed. The reason was a rigging attempt from abroad. The voting started on Friday, March 14 and just three days later a rigging attempt from foreign IPs was detected by the site's technicians, in spite of the security measures taken.

The detection came after an unusually high participation from foreign IPs was observed, with hundreds of votes registered. Since the voting is restricted to Greek IPs, the procedure had to be reset.

The online voting started again on 24 March, ending on Wednesday, 9 April.