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U2 use Polish designed logo, but forget to ask for permission
July 06, 2005
Source: Radio Polonia
There is a Polish flavour to U2's current world tour, which came to the south of the country yesterday. The COEXIST logo - which features prominently in their stage show - was designed by Polish artist, Piotr Mlodozeniec. Shame the band forgot to ask for his permission, says the designer.
The logo - consisting of an Islamic crescent, the Star of David and the Cross replacing the letters c, x and t in the word coexist - has become hugely popular. It communicates in a very clever way a message that is central to Bono's thinking.
The logo with the three religious symbols, features as a large colour projection - an important element of stage design of the present U2 tour. The COEXIST logo designed by Mlodozeniec can also be spotted on Bono's bandana.
In fact Bono used the catchword not only as a graphic logo but even as his motto. In Glasgow earlier this year fans could hear him chanting "Jesus, Jew and Mohammed coexist."
Polish graphic artist Piotr Mlodozeniec says he feels honoured to see Bono using his sign, however, he's also bitterly disappointed that none of the members of the group has ever asked him for permission to use his design.
The logo was created as a project for the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem to symbolize "coexistence and tolerance." Bono is said to have spotted it in Chicago, when it was just a piece of graffiti. He had no idea as to who designed it. As honoured as he feels, Mlodozeniec hopes that, sooner or later, U2 will settle the copyright problem with him.
U2 has crowds of fans all over the world, also in Poland and one of them is the artist Piotr Mlodozeniec, who despite the slight misunderstanding, went to the group's yesterday concert in Chorzow together with other 70 000 Poles.
(c) Radio Polonia, 2005.
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