WORLD PEACE SYMBOL
Designer: Amijai Benderski (Uruguay); Location: Montevideo, Uruguay; Years: 2017–present
An emerging graphic designer in Uruguay sought to create a universal symbol for peace that could be used freely by people around the world. Existing signs and symbols are linked with problematic meanings, a barrier to unconditional use by all. The V hand gesture signaled victory and resistance, the dove was also a religious symbol, and the 1960s counterculture peace sign was originally designed for a nuclear disarmament campaign. The World Peace Symbol fuses the iconic peace sign within a globe—a representation of our interconnected planet—with lines that connect and radiate from this symbolic ideal of freedom and goodwill.
Image: World Peace Symbol Design Guidelines, 2019; Designed by Amijai Benderski; Credit: © Amijai Benderski
Designing Peace
What would be possible if we were to design for peace?
Designing Peace explores the unique role design can play in pursuing peace and creating a more equitable world. The exhibition features design projects from around the globe that look at ways to create and sustain more durable peaceful interactions—from creative confrontations that challenge existing structures to designs that demand embracing justice and truth in a search for reconciliation.
Visitors will encounter a wide range of design responses to the underlying reasons for conflict and division and will be encouraged to consider their own agency in designing peace.
Your journey so far
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Defining Peace
Designing the Future Now
How Can Design Address the Root Causes of Conflict?
How Can Design Embrace Truth and Dignity in a Search for Peace and Justice?
How Can Design Engage Creative Confrontation?
How Can Design Facilitate the Transition from Instability to Peace?
How Can Design Support Humane Forms of Peace and Security?
Imagining the Future Now
Securing Our Collective Future
Papers, Please
Papers, Please
The Adventures of Daly Graphic Novels
An Architecture of Peace
Body Mapping
Body Mapping
Christmas Operations
How Can Design Support Humane Forms of Peace and Security?
In Transit Studio
Island Tracker
Island Tracker
Social Emergency Response Centers
Startblok Elzenhagen
Teeter-Totter Wall
Teeter-Totter Wall
The Business of Peace
Astropolitics: Depletion of Terrestrial Resources and the Cosmic Future of Capitalism
CONIFA
Hate Speech Lexicons
How Can Design Address the Root Causes of Conflict?
New World Summit – Rojava
New World Summit – Rojava
New World Summits
Peace Pavilion
Peace Pavilion
Positive Peace Index
Positive Peace Index
Rare Earthenware
Rare Earthenware
Rare Earthenware
Regreening Africa
Regreening Africa
Stalled!
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Posters
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Posters
Art the Arms Fair
Art the Arms Fair 2019
Beautiful Trouble Toolbox
Black Lives Matter Harlem Street Mural
Black Lives Matter Street Mural Census
Black Lives Matter Street Mural Visualization
Extinction Symbol
How Can Design Engage Creative Confrontation?
Maps (Bullet Rug Series)
Objects, People, and Peace
Universality through Visual Symbols
World Peace Symbol
World Peace Symbol Poster Submissions
The Chronic
“To Whom Does the Earth Belong?”
Citizen-State, a Bottom-Up Reparation Model
Conflict Kitchen
Conflict Kitchen
Conflict Kitchen
Designing the Kitchen
How Can Design Embrace Truth and Dignity in a Search for Peace and Justice?
My Ancestors’ Garden
Paper Monuments
The Murder of Halit Yozgat
Women, War, and Peace
BLUE: The Architecture of UN Peace Missions
Casa Azul
Designing for Dignity
Designing for Dignity
Designing for Urban Inclusivity
HarassMap
HarassMap
How Can Design Facilitate the Transition from Instability to Peace?
Ideas Box
Ideas Box
Jordan River Peace Park
Jordan River Peace Park
Korea Remade
Musings on Peace
Recoding Post-War Syria
RefAid
RefAid
RefAid App
Safe Passage Bags Workshop
Stone Garden