Logo design competition for the International Year of Crystallography

The winning entry in the competition for a logo for the International Year of Crystallography was submitted by Dr Michele Zema from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. The design emphasizes the role of diffraction in the development of crystallography as a branch of science, with the zero in the representation of the festival year coinciding with the central beam of a hypothetical diffraction experiment, and the extended diffraction pattern forming the background.