On 21 february 1958 he designed the nuclear disarmament logo for the first aldermaston march organised by the direct action committee against nuclear war dac in easter 1958 4 7 april. In 1958 he was working for the ministry of education. Educated at gresham s school holt holtom was a graduate of the royal college of art he had been a conscientious objector during world war ii.
Photo by alice donovan rouse gerald knew that a graphic symbol would reinforce the message of the thousands of protesters who took part in a 50 mile march from london s trafalgar square to the atomic weapons. The symbol for cnd campaign for nuclear disarmament was designed in 1958 by the late british designer gerald holtom 1914 1985. N and d for nuclear disarmament enclosed in a.
The vertical line in the center represents the flag semaphore signal for the letter d and the downward lines on either side represent the semaphore signal for the letter n. The modern peace sign was designed by gerald holtom for the british campaign for nuclear disarmament in 1958. The peace symbol came to represent the cnd and was used and continues to be.
Went on to form the campaign for nuclear disarmament cnd. The dac along with other small protest groups in the u k. In the 1960s in the us it was mainly anti war said kolsbun.
Crossing the atlantic the symbol lost its association with nuclear disarmament and came to signify more generally peace. Nuclear disarmament groups include the campaign for nuclear disarmament peace action pugwash. The term denuclearization is also used to describe the process leading to complete nuclear disarmament.
Nuclear disarmament is the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons it can also be the end state of a nuclear weapons free world in which nuclear weapons are completely eliminated. The original designs of the symbol belong to commonweal library and are cared for by special collections. The nuclear disarmament symbol often known as the cnd symbol in britain and the peace symbol or peace sign elsewhere is a modern icon of peace and dissent.
Nuclear disarmament symbol drawings.
Nuclear disarmament symbol. The symbol is a super imposition of the semaphore signals for the letters n and d taken to stand for nuclear disarmament while simultaneously acting as a reference to goya s the third of may 1808 1814 aka peasant before the firing squad. The v hand signal and the peace flag also became international peace symbols. The cnd symbol is one of the most widely known symbols in the world. In britain it is recognised as standing for nuclear disarmament and in particular as the logo of the campaign for nuclear disarmament cnd.
In the rest of the world it is known more broadly as the peace symbol. Join cnd s continued. The campaign for nuclear disarmament cnd is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the united kingdom international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the nuclear non proliferation treaty it opposes military action that may result in the use of nuclear chemical or biological weapons and the building of nuclear.
The campaign for nuclear disarmament cnd is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the united kingdom international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the nuclear non proliferation treaty it opposes military action that may result in the use of nuclear chemical or biological weapons and the building of nuclear. Join cnd s continued. In the rest of the world it is known more broadly as the peace symbol.
In britain it is recognised as standing for nuclear disarmament and in particular as the logo of the campaign for nuclear disarmament cnd. The cnd symbol is one of the most widely known symbols in the world. The v hand signal and the peace flag also became international peace symbols.
The symbol is a super imposition of the semaphore signals for the letters n and d taken to stand for nuclear disarmament while simultaneously acting as a reference to goya s the third of may 1808 1814 aka peasant before the firing squad.
