The GAP Logo
On this page you can learn a bit more about the GAP Logo: how it was selected, what it signifies, and also where to download it for use in e.g. presentations or on posters.
Eventually, it will be possible to buy merchandise (stickers, t-shirts etc.) with the logo. with the logo.
GAP logo contest results
Between GAP Days Summer 2024 (in August 2024) and GAP Days Spring 2025 (in April 2025) we run a contest to select the new GAP logo. You can see the result now on this website.
We would like to thank the following people who participated and submit so many different and amazing designs: Aron Ban Szabo, Bilal Hasanat, Claudio Piedade, Cormullion, Dario Mathiae, David Joyner, Franziska Schiessl, Istvan Szollosi, Janika Peters, Jens Bossaert, John Chakkour, Max Horn, Reinis Cirpons, Roger Vogeler.
Some more statistics about the contest:
- 24 unique designs were submitted by 14 designers for the first stage
- 63 people registered to vote in the contest
- 57 people actually voted
- this resulted in the final ranking:
- E5: 93 points (20 first place / 12 second place / 9 third place)
- F6: 79 points (17/9/10)
- A1: 63 points (10/13/7)
- B2: 45 points (3/10/16)
- C3: 44 points (6/8/10)
- D4: 18 points (1/5/5)
Download
We will soon make various variants of the logo available here.
Merchandise
Coming soon!
Origin of the Logo
The logo was designed by Max Horn, who gives this explanation for the design rationale behind it.
The diagram in the left part is meant to symbolize symmetry, here
acting on the vertices of a graph with four nodes, the action indicated by arrows suggesting involutions swapping the leaves. The graph can also be interpreted as the Dynkin diagram of type , and then the group action is the triality automorphism which plays an important role in algebriac Lie theory, finite simple groups, geometry and more. The letters GAP feature prominently and are arranged vertically. It is red, matching the color of the central node of the Dynkin diagram. The central node thus represents GAP and the outer nodes revolve around it
In addition, in the full logo we spell out what the abbreviation GAP stands for, to convey clearly what GAP is about.
The font in the logo is the Ubuntu Font. It is under a liberal license that is compatible with the open source spirit of the GAP project. Its design blurb states that it aims to “convey a precise, reliable and free attitude”, which of course fits well with GAP.