Bilingual emblem created to mark coronation of King
Design guru Sir Jony Ive has created an emblem in Welsh and English, inspired by the King’s “love of the planet, nature, and his deep concern for the natural world” to mark his coronation.
Sir Jony, credited with designing Apple’s iPhone – one of the best-loved gadgets of the modern age, and his creative collective, LoveFrom, have produced the insignia to celebrate Charles’s new reign.
It features a stylised image of St Edward’s Crown, which will be used to crown the monarch, created from the rose of England, thistle of Scotland, daffodil of Wales and the shamrock of Northern Ireland, in the red, white and blue of the Union flag.
Sir Jony said: “It is such an honour to be able to contribute to this remarkable national occasion, and our team is so very proud of this work.
“The design was inspired by King Charles’s love of the planet, nature, and his deep concern for the natural world.
“The emblem speaks to the happy optimism of spring and celebrates the beginning of this new Carolean era for the United Kingdom.
“The gentle modesty of these natural forms combine to define an emblem that acknowledges both the joyful and profound importance of this occasion.”
Bank holiday
The coronation emblem will feature throughout a special bank holiday weekend which will begin when Charles is crowned monarch on Saturday May 6 at Westminster Abbey.
The following day, thousands of spectators – awarded tickets in a national ballot – will watch a star-studded Windsor Castle concert as the celebrations continue.
It will also be seen at other national events, street parties and community gatherings marking the historic event and be used on all official merchandise commemorating the coronation.
Sir Jony has supported projects involving Charles in the past, having designed the layout of the charter document for the royal’s Terra Carta or Earth Charter project launched in 2021.
It was an ambitious Magna Carta-style charter to encourage the private sector to safeguard the planet by adopting sustainability and invest 10 billion dollars (£8 billion) in “natural capital”.
The two men also joined forces in 2021 to encourage students to create high-impact, low-cost solutions to help the world transition to a sustainable future under a project from the Terra Carta Design Lab initiative.
Support our Nation today
For the price of a cup of coffee a month you can help us create an independent, not-for-profit, national news service for the people of Wales, by the people of Wales.
It isn’t a “bilingual” emblem but two versions of an emblem.
The English language version which will appear throughout the UK and a Welsh language version which I imagine will only appear here.
Our actual national emblem, the leek has been replaced by daffodils in this coronation emblem.
Maybe Jony and presumably Charly thought it too rude and crude to include in the arrangement.
Or maybe sheer ignorance.
I’m sure this will mean so much to a young Welsh-speaking couple unable to afford a home in Gwynedd. Daffodil? What happened to the leek?
A silly expense added on to the stupidity of Royaly on the public purse. Bit like the stupid bank holiday that will mean zero hr workers and temps aren’t payed if businesses are shut.
He can stuff it up his big, fat, hairy a….e!
Don’t sit on the fence.
Coronation of The “King of England”. There, fixed your headline. You know there are more than one royal family still left in the world. And they are all as foreign to the British (Cymro) as the Windsors!
Good to see- Well done to King Charles even if he cannot win with the Marxist Nationalist trolls on here
Nothing like supporting the Greco-Germanic Royalty of England whose institutions power has been built on theft and genocide of several native peoples. Including the British! Or should I say Welsh? After all, we are apparently foreign to this island aren’t we! They despise us to this day because the actual British are still here.
Badges?
We don’t need no rotten stinking badges!
I think perhaps this has come 500 years too late ?