Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund debut new visual identity

Dana-Farber modernized its logo and that of the Jimmy Fund with a blue and gold palette. The logos have not been changed in more than 20 years.

Josh Bekenstein, Chairman of the Dana-Farber Board of Trustees said that “The new Dana-Farber and Jimmy Fund logos celebrate our historic legacy, symbolize what we are today and point to our next chapter of discovery and hope.” The new Dana-Farber logo is known as “The Lens” because its iconography implies looking through a microscope, representing the interplay of research and treatment at Dana-Farber, with the overlap of a stylized D and F.

“Our new look is one piece of a broader effort to prepare for the next generation of progress at Dana-Farber,” said Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, President and CEO of Dana-Farber. “The new logo is vivid, refreshing and looks to a promising future of new therapies for people with cancer everywhere. It highlights our deep commitment to science and clinical care that characterizes and distinguishes Dana-Farber and guides all that we do.”

The new Jimmy Fund logo uses the same new Dana-Farber color palette to emphasize the relationship between the fundraising arm and the Institute it supports. It also refreshes the image of “Jimmy,” the boy who launched the Jimmy Fund in 1948. His real name was Einar Gustafson – then a 12-year-old patient of Dr. Sidney Farber, founder of Dana-Farber – who was dubbed Jimmy to protect his privacy. Jimmy’s baseball cap in the logo is a nod to the longstanding partnership with the Boston Red Sox.

Dana-Farber leaders say that the logo change will be implemented over the next one to two years to take advantage of normal replacement cycles and to introduce the new logos to members of the Dana-Farber and Jimmy Fund communities.

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