At first glance, the square-shaped symbols looked like swastikas — a symbol Hitler’s Nazis made synonymous with death in World War II. But, as it turns out, they weren’t swastikas at all.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is displaying a new, more active version of the “handicapped” symbol alongside other culturally-relevant designs from the last few decades like the “@” symbol ...

One takeaway that artist Francesca Pastine has discovered in using issues of Artforum in her work: Others are just as apt to use those issues to their own ends. That much was clear when the San ...

Art review: ‘Acquired Symbols’ celebrates a teacher’s far-reaching effects. A colorful show at Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset honors John Lorence through the work of his associates.

For some William & Mary professors, research consists of sitting at a desk poring over academic papers or sitting in a lab conducting science experiments. But as Professor of Dance Joan Gavaler shows ...

Mignon Fogarty is the founder of Quick and Dirty Tips and is known for her Grammar Girl website, podcast, and games. How Old Is the @ Symbol? Every source I found seemed to have a different date ...

In 2009, Brian Glenney and Sara Hendren kicked off an art project to generate discussion on the ubiquitous International Symbol of Access. Now their revised design is rolling out in New York City.

At the very beginning of the “Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols” (1972), the book’s author and one of the era’s most accomplished industrial ...