Over centuries, mathematicians have amassed an array of symbols—from arrows and crosses to shapes derived from letters—to ...

How Snake Oil Became a Symbol of Fraud and Deception The terms “snake oil” and “snake-oil salesperson” are part of the vernacular thanks to Clark Stanley, a quack doctor who marketed a ...

The symbol of Rupee ( ₹) has been a recent addition in Indian history. Before its adoption, the most commonly used abbreviation of the currency were ₹ and Re.

In the U.S., vernacular art — which can also be called folk art or outsider art — is dominated by the works of African American, Appalachian and working-class people. In many cases these ...

Preserving local flavor with Vernacular Typography One graphic designer's quest to counter the homogenizing effects of globalization with regional typographies. Written by Sarah Korones, Contributor ...

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed the appeals brought by four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and ruled that vernacular schools and the use of Chinese and Tamil in ...

When the now-iconic peace symbol was first designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958, it had a very specific meaning. Holtom was active in a British nuclear disarmament advocacy group, and he referenced ...

How I Learned to Embrace Venmo's Ever-Evolving Vernacular Does a shared pizza have the same value, either literal or metaphorical, as a shared mortgage?

I once created a traveling exhibition of fictive folk art as a parody of the genre. Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by artists who are usually self-taught. They tend to work outside ...