What type of pieces form the globe in the Wikimedia Foundation logo?

Jigsaw puzzle pieces form the globe in the Wikimedia Foundation logo.

The Wikimedia Foundation emblem depicts an incomplete globe assembled from puzzle pieces. Several pieces contain glyphs from different writing systems, emphasizing the international and collaborative nature of Wikimedia projects. The missing pieces suggest that knowledge is never fully complete and that contributors can continue adding to it.

The logo was created for the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects. It is not the same as the Wikipedia wordmark, although both identities are closely connected.

People sometimes describe the emblem as a globe made from map fragments, but its defining components are puzzle pieces. The design’s combination of an unfinished sphere and multilingual symbols reflects Wikimedia’s goals: gathering knowledge from many cultures while acknowledging that the project remains continually under construction.