Once the powerful logo of nuclear disarmament, the peace sign became so overused it lost ... The typical associations I heard — “hippie,” “Venice Beach,” “someone pretty easygoing ...

to draft a logo. Ironically, he would go on to use military sign language to create a succinct new symbol for peace. During the Second World War, Holtom, himself a peace activist, learned navy ...

It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has become an international sign for peace, and arguably the most widely ... As the sign became a badge of the burgeoning ...