Chicago Tribune March 8th 1988

 The Miami Heat, which joins the NBA next season, has unveiled its logo. Nope, not a palm tree, orange or machine gun in sight.

The logo and team colors-a blazing red, orange and yellow basketball flame passing through a black rim-were chosen during a two-week election in which more than 4,500 fans voted. The Heat solicited designs from the public in December, and received more than 1,000. Heat officials pared the entries to 12 finalists.

The winner got 34 percent of the vote. The second- and third-place designs featured basketballs wearing sunglasses.

Mark Henderson, who owns an advertising agency, and Richard Lyons, who designed the Atlanta Hawks' uniforms, were the creators of the logo. The two worked on 50 different designs before settling on the final artwork.

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