Design Resources : Happy Birthday Peace

By Jennifer Farley | Jan 4 2008 |

The Peace symbol is 50 years old this year and there is a great website called “Happy Birthday Peace” which celebrates the symbol.

“The symbol was first drawn on on home-made banners and badges in 1958, when CND was launched at a public meeting in London, but has since been apropriated by scores of different protest movements, from hippies in 1960s America - the first to use it to represent ‘peace’ - to feminists and anarchist punks. In 2008 just as it was 50 years earlier, the CND logo is re-created at anti-nuclear demonstrations the world over.”

You can create your own peace symbol and upload it to the growing gallery. Here’s two of my efforts:

Peace Dove by Jennifer Farley, Laughing Lion Design

Peace Mosaic

Comments

4 Responses to “Design Resources : Happy Birthday Peace”

zianna on May 15th, 2008 1:41 am

hello, i’m OBSESSED with peace and happiness and NO war. i saw your website on google and i would love for you to make me a creative, beautiful peace sign. i dont have a business, but i have a website for fun.
thanks!
Ashley on July 9th, 2008 6:16 pm

i think hippies is the best and i think gie peace a chance war is over
Stephanie on October 2nd, 2008 3:36 am

I love your design! I would like to try posting it as a user icon for my interfaith / spiritual network. Let me know if it’s alright with you.

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Jennifer Farley on October 2nd, 2008 4:16 pm

Hi Stephanie

Ask and you shall receive! Yes, you can certainly use it as a user icon. Thanks for asking too!!