Zug / Emmen, 29.06.2022
Graphic designer from Zug presents new airfield logo
22-year-old Céline Schmid convinced the jury with her motif. This work has sparked her interest in aviation at the Emmen airfield.
The Emmen military airfield has a new logo, which has been created by Céline Schmid (22) from Cham, who is currently a student at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Luzern). With its superimposed silhouettes, it came out top against eight other proposals. The logo shows six types of aircraft that are stationed at the Emmen Airfield, and its design took about six months, from the first idea to the finished logo. She already had the idea for the design of the motif at the beginning of the year. To what extent has the war in Ukraine influenced her in her work? Schmid: "Not at all, as I already had my ideas."
A presentation at the end of last year by Paul Jäger, deputy commander of the airfield, finally convinced Céline Schmid to take part in the competition. Among other things, the presentation stated that cultural events sometimes took place on the airfield, and the airfield was thereby open to the public. At the same time, however, the internal operation is hermetically sealed. It was thereby necessary to graphically depict this togetherness. She did this by superimposing the planes. Schmid describes her work as follows:
"It's a dynamic logo with three variants. Two of these are overlays, with views of the planes from above and from the side. The third variant is the group representation, which is also shown from above and from the side."
The new logo will be shown on the bulletin in the future, while other applications have not yet been determined.
Céline Schmid presents her logo for Emmen airfield Photo:: Stefan Scheuteri/Swiss Air Force
The new logo of the Emmen military airfield. Visualisation: Céline Schmid/HSLU
It was an exciting collaboration, she adds. The student first made an analysis of the six types of aircraft present on the airfield. To do this, she used a digital vector drawing program and the individual plans. In this way, she ensured the right shape of the planes and transferred these to the screen. This work also sparked her interest in the pilots, as she explains:
"I often see planes from the university building in Emmenbrücke. But when one of them flies by, I usually know the guy at the controls."
And what does aviation mean to her personally? Céline Schmid: "I myself rarely travel by plane, as I prefer travelling by train or car. But I’ve enjoyed seeing the planes in Emmen while working on the logo."