Two graphic designers comb through thousands of years of iconography in a new handbook for understanding visual language. In 1914, the cat represented police oppression of women’s suffrage. Today, it ...

Matthew Wilson’s new book, The Hidden Language of Symbols, chronicles the buried visual cues of power, faith, uncertainty, and hope. Bertel Thorvaldsen, "Ganymede with Jupiter's Eagle" (1817), marble, ...

In Pakistan, where roughly 40 percent of the 240 million people are illiterate, electoral symbols play a crucial role in ensuring voters have a voice in the democratic process. 1 A motorcyclist rides ...

A logo -- a small symbol or design used in business marketing -- is usually one of the first visual symbols a company develops in the early stages of planning. It often follows the naming the business ...

Chiqui Esteban is the Deputy Director for Art, Maps, and Graphics at National Geographic magazine. Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, information graphics, ...

The PyeongChang Winter Olympics may be over, but there’s already chatter about the next games. On Wednesday, Tokyo released the official mascots of the 2020 Summer Olympics: a pair of futuristic ...