In the fall of 1967, Angela Gonzales was asked to design a laboratory handout. In discussing her assignment with Wilson, the two decided that what the public needed was an image that captured the essence of the laboratory. Gonzales' resulting design reflects the evolution of Wilson's ideas, unifying the various magnets in the Main Ring. The logo premiered on the 1968 Design Report.

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1. Bending-magnet lamination
2. Quadrupole-magnet laminations
3. Both laminations combined
4. Bending-magnet aperture configuration
5. Quadrupole-magnet aperture configuration
6- 7. Lines combined, representing a chalk drawing by R.R. Wilson on his black board, 1967
8. Decision to confine the design in a circle
9-15. Rejected solutions
16. Drawing to determine proportions of white and black areas: 1:3
17. Drawing to confine the design in a circle; the small circles indicate points where the design intersects the circle
18. Final version