The Logo: A Symbol of Vision, Unity & Creative Energy

🌀 The Logo: A Symbol of Vision, Unity & Creative Energy

Designed by the OPEN SOUL Team (Poland)

At the heart of CREATIYOK lies its vibrant and emotionally rich logo, designed by youth participants from the Polish team at OPEN SOUL. It is not just a logo—it is artwork born from within the project.

🔍 Let's break it down:

🔄 Circular Form – Unity & Inclusion

The logo forms a perfect circle—representing wholeness, community, and non-hierarchical inclusion. It reflects the circle format used in many of our workshops, where every voice is equal and valuable.

🎨 Color Explosion – Emotional Diversity & Expression

Each color represents different emotions, identities, and art forms. Together they form a palette of creative possibilities, encouraging participants to embrace their feelings and stories.

• 🔴 Red – Boldness, trauma release, physicality

• 🟡 Yellow – Joy, energy, optimism

• 🔵 Blue – Calmness, safety, introspection

• 🟢 Green – Growth, connection, nature

• 🟣 Purple/Pink – Creativity, sensitivity, transformation

This rainbow spectrum becomes a tool of empowerment, where youth can visually and emotionally locate themselves.

🧍 Human Forms – People in Motion

The central design includes abstract human-like figures, reaching inwards and outwards, symbolizing:

• Connection with self and others

• Co-creation and mutual support

• The therapeutic cycle of giving and receiving

Each figure seems to move or dance, inspired by the movement therapy and drama activities at the core of CREATIYOK.

🎭 Symbolic Details – Hidden Stories

If you look closely, you'll notice embedded symbols:

• 📷 Camera Lenses – representing photography as reflection and observation

• 🧠 Open arms and arcs – symbolizing empathy, support, and emotional openness

• 🖌️ Brushstrokes – nodding to visual arts and the freedom of abstraction

These small but intentional features tell the story of the project's multi-layered approach—one that blends artistic form with human feeling.

💞 Center of Connection – Shared Creativity

All elements converge in the center, symbolizing the shared energy generated when people come together in creative processes. It reflects the transformative power of group-based expression.

💬 Why This Logo Matters

This logo was not outsourced or pre-made—it was co-created by youth, inspired by what they felt during the project. It reflects:

• Their sense of belonging

• Their journey through art as a healing process

• Their dream for a more inclusive and expressive Europe

In many ways, the logo is the project—colorful, bold, human, expressive, and healing.

📣 Final Message

CREATIYOK is a testament to what happens when we blend arts, empathy, and education. It brings together creativity and care in a way that builds confidence, community, and emotional resilience in young people and youth workers alike.

The project may conclude, but its tools, memories, and impact will live on through every brushstroke, photo, dance step, and conversation sparked by it.

🔗 Want to explore more?
📘 Website: https://creatiyok.webnode.page/ 
📸 Workshops & Gallery: https://creatiyok.webnode.page/local-activities/