Two graphic designers comb through thousands of years of iconography in a new handbook for understanding visual language. In 1914, the cat represented police oppression of women’s suffrage. Today, it ...

Chiqui Esteban is the Deputy Director for Art, Maps, and Graphics at National Geographic magazine. Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, information graphics, ...

In Pakistan, where roughly 40 percent of the 240 million people are illiterate, electoral symbols play a crucial role in ensuring voters have a voice in the democratic process. 1 A motorcyclist rides ...

Pierre Gouzou of France competes during the men's trampoline finals, high above the trampoline gymnastics pictogram. (Morry Gash/AP) Warning: This graphic requires ...