Results of contest for best logo of Memorial Flat of Vasily Belov

This contest started in April 2016. Both professional designers and artists and everybody who was interested in design irrespective of place of residence and age could take part in it. The logo could be created by an individual person and a team. Contestants were to send not more than 3 variants of the logo.

The aim of the project was to make a modern, original, easily recognizable logo that would be used in all information, advertising and representative produce of the museum.

The logo sent for the contest was to reflect the mission, goals and objectives of the Memorial Flat of Vasily Belov: to preserve and to popularize the creative heritage of the Russian writer, novelist, playwright, poet, native of the Vologda region.

Applications and creative works were accepted till October 1, 2016. You were to send them by e-mail: belovmuseum@yandex.ru.

The main requirements to the contest work:

1. The work sent for the contest was to be original and not to coincide with other logos.

2. The name of the museum was to be visually reflected in the logo.

3. The logo was to contain an opportunity to become the basis of formation of the museum identity (Internet resources, printed and souvenir products, interior elements and so on).

19 participants sent 34 works for the contest. They represented Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vologda, Cherepovets, Saratov, the Altai Krai, the Primorsky Krai, the Kemerovo region, the Republic of Crimea and even Belarus.

The works were estimated by the competent jury consisting of:

- O.S. Belova, writer’s widow;

- V.N. Srakhov, painter, teacher, member of the Union of Russian Artists, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist;

- M.I. Karachyov, chairman of the board of the Vologda Regional Organization “Union of Russian Writers”;

- L.N. Shchetnyov, graphic artist, member of the Union of Russian Artists;

- M.N. Sharomazov, director of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve;

- S.N. Dobrynin, designer of the Arnica Company;

- O.N. Anfimova, head of the Memorial Flat of Vasily Belov.

The jury didn’t choose any winner among the works sent for the contest.

The following participants were awarded special diplomas for participation in the contest and elaboration of interesting creative works:

- Irina Matysh (Minsk);

- Vadim Ilyshev (aged 28);

- Natalya Romina (Vologda);

- Maxim Yegorov (St. Petersburg);

- Pavel Bykov (Cherepovets).

These participants will be awarded the book of B.I. Belov “The Sixth Hour” and prizes of the sponsor of the project – the LLC “Data Recovery Centre “MemoRemoRu”. All contestants will be given certificates of participation.

The organizers of the contest thank all participants of the project. It is very pleasant that there were a lot of young people and students among them. The youngest contestant was only 19 years old and the oldest – 62. Along with residents of Vologda, inhabitants of many regions of Russia and even foreign countries joined in the contest. It evidences the interest in the creative activity of Vasily Belov far outside the Vologda region. Several participants read the works of Vasily Belov for the first time thanks to this project.

The contestants certainly had a difficult task. They were to reflect the specific features of the Memorial Flat of Vasily Belov, to elaborate a logo that could be understandable without words, description and explanations. Besides, it was to refer people to the creative activity of V.I. Belov that was complex, rich and contained not only “village prose”. As the winner hasn’t been determined, work on the search and design of the logo for the Memorial Flat of Vasily Belov will be continued.