From the stop sign to the laugh-cry emoji, symbols play a critical and ubiquitous role in everyday life. A forthcoming exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, “Give Me a Sign: The ...

In this article, I describe the role of standards from the perspective of promoting human behavior change. In particular, I explain the role of the design and symbol standards. A specific example is ...

As the Amazon burns, North American birds disappear, and scientists anticipate that by 2050, extreme, once-a-century storms and flooding will be more likely to happen once a year, concern about ...

“The notion of symbolism is amazing because you can embody meaning in the simplest of things,” says Colin Salter, author of the recently published 100 Symbols that Changed the World. Featured stories ...

In this post, we will show you how to add symbols or special characters to documents in Adobe Illustrator to enhance your artwork. Symbols are a big part of what makes Illustrator so useful. Symbols ...