happy easter!

the peace sign

we all know it. we see it everywhere we go (probably even more than the nike swoosh). but where did it come from?

Gerald Holtom designed the symbol in 1958 for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (http://www.cnduk.org/). The design is based around the Navy's flag signaling system called Semaphore. This system is based on waving a set of hand-held flag in particular positions representing the letters in the alphabet. Holtom combined the letters N & D to create the symbol for Nuclear Disarmament that is has become universally known as the symbol for peace.

Another note, he did trademark the symbol, therefore it does not belong to anyone, or perhaps it belongs to everyone.