Explore how symbols like stop signs, emojis, and flags gain meaning via shared belief, repetition, emotion, and authority in ...

Scholars have recently question whether ancient Indus inscriptions code for language. American and Indian scientists used statistics to show that the 4,500-year-old Indus symbols' pattern follows that ...

Symbols, patterns and colours have been used for millennia as ways to rally the troops, frighten foes, inspire loyalty, and recognise allies. Think Native Americans using war paint to intimidate their ...

Every Christmas for more than half a century, many churches have decorated trees with symbols from the birth and life of Jesus, instead of secular Santas and snowmen. It’s a good bet that many of ...

I didn't know that the modernist architect Alfred Loos considered patterns and other eye-catching ornaments to be tools of the hegemonic imperialist status quo, but that's probably just me. I also did ...