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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 2505386, member: 50"]Well Tasis seems to be an American school located in Switzerland, England, Puerto Rico and Portugal. That particular version of the crest seems to date no earlier than 1999. They created a new version in 2020. Doesn't identify the maker but at least a date range.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=1549&newsid=1406&ncat=13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=1549&newsid=1406&ncat=13" rel="nofollow">https://www.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=1549&newsid=1406&ncat=13</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.tasis.com/uploaded/blogs/2020/news_New_TASIS_Crest_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />4</p><p><br /></p><p>"With the support of the TASIS Foundation Board, we worked with <a href="https://weymouthgriffin.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://weymouthgriffin.com/" rel="nofollow">Weymouth Griffin Design</a>, an American design firm, to find a way to weave the motto into the existing crest. Weymouth Griffin’s talented illustrators also redrew <a href="https://tasis.ch/page.cfm?p=238" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://tasis.ch/page.cfm?p=238" rel="nofollow">the four symbols on the crest</a>—the tower (culture), the lamp (wisdom), the sun (truth), and the book (knowledge)—made minor adjustments to the typography, and modified the color layout while retaining the blue-and-red color scheme that defines the Canton of Ticino and inspired the original TASIS crest in 1956.</p><p><br /></p><p>Blue and red disappeared from the TASIS crest in 1960 and remained absent until 1999, which is the last time the crest was altered. Kate Gonzalez, Director of Alumni Affairs at the time, discussed the evolution of the crest in the introduction to <a href="https://www.tasis.com/uploaded/blogs/2020/news_New_TASIS_Crest_04.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tasis.com/uploaded/blogs/2020/news_New_TASIS_Crest_04.jpg" rel="nofollow">that year’s <i>TASIS Today</i></a>, noting, “The red, blue, and white colors reflect our ties to the United States, Great Britain, Switzerland, and the Canton Ticino, the original inspiration for our first seal in 1956.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 2505386, member: 50"]Well Tasis seems to be an American school located in Switzerland, England, Puerto Rico and Portugal. That particular version of the crest seems to date no earlier than 1999. They created a new version in 2020. Doesn't identify the maker but at least a date range. [URL]https://www.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=1549&newsid=1406&ncat=13[/URL] [IMG]https://www.tasis.com/uploaded/blogs/2020/news_New_TASIS_Crest_01.jpg[/IMG]4 "With the support of the TASIS Foundation Board, we worked with [URL='https://weymouthgriffin.com/']Weymouth Griffin Design[/URL], an American design firm, to find a way to weave the motto into the existing crest. Weymouth Griffin’s talented illustrators also redrew [URL='https://tasis.ch/page.cfm?p=238']the four symbols on the crest[/URL]—the tower (culture), the lamp (wisdom), the sun (truth), and the book (knowledge)—made minor adjustments to the typography, and modified the color layout while retaining the blue-and-red color scheme that defines the Canton of Ticino and inspired the original TASIS crest in 1956. Blue and red disappeared from the TASIS crest in 1960 and remained absent until 1999, which is the last time the crest was altered. Kate Gonzalez, Director of Alumni Affairs at the time, discussed the evolution of the crest in the introduction to [URL='https://www.tasis.com/uploaded/blogs/2020/news_New_TASIS_Crest_04.jpg']that year’s [I]TASIS Today[/I][/URL], noting, “The red, blue, and white colors reflect our ties to the United States, Great Britain, Switzerland, and the Canton Ticino, the original inspiration for our first seal in 1956.”[/QUOTE]
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