Symbols surround us everywhere, from the heart emoji we send in texts to the complex iconography in renaissance paintings. They're the visual shorthand that lets artists pack entire stories, emotions, ...

Semioticians classify signs or sign systems in relation to the way they are transmitted. To illuminate one way semioticians look at things, let us peek at stage and film semiotics, which study the ...

It is easy to minimize the importance of symbols in culture. Art tends to focus on existential symbolism, leap-frogging over the ways in which we interpret symbols constantly, in the form of letters, ...

Our world has become a very accessible place. Citizens from countries on the other side of the globe can visit us; our language, however, is not accessible to them. Symbols help bridge gaps among ...

A visual language goes beyond simple brand standards by defining a specific illustration style, icon style, and data visualization style for all branded content. Too often, businesses fall short on ...