The familiar heart symbol doesn’t look much like a real human heart—and that mismatch is the whole mystery. If the shape is supposed to stand

You may be familiar with the transgender flag, a five-striped flag consisting of the colors pink, blue, and white that is used by the trans community as a symbol of pride. But there is another transgender symbol that you might not be as familiar with.

The swastika is now an infamous sign of hatred, extremism, and genocide. But it has a long history and has been used by cultures worldwide to signify good fortune and luck. Carlsberg and Finnish Air used it in their branding before the Nazis hijacked it.

The flag itself was full of symbolism, including imagery of Veterans Memorial Coliseum meant to invoke understandings of Cedar Rapids as a progressive city, a church as an homage to the many religious institutions in the community, corn stalks and a factory as a nod toward the economic backbone of the area, and more.

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit ...

Currency symbols are more than just shorthand for monetary units; they are powerful icons of economic identity, national pride, and global trade. This article gets into the history and symbolism behind three of the most prominent currency symbols: the ...

Punctuation, as we recognize it, has been around for more than two thousand years. For most of this time the symbols that separate and clarify our letters were hazy in form and meaning, and evolved slowly; when information travels slowly, so too does change.

At work this morning we were having a discussion on iconography and the use of symbols in software to convey meaning. The floppy disc for save, the folder icon for open, the B, I and U for bold, italic and underline. <BR><BR>This got us wondering as to the ...