Every morning, William Rosser starts his day painting signs. The 77-year-old butcher and owner of Wild Woody's Happy Foods on 31st Street and Myrtle Avenue in Kansas City, Mo., has been painting ...

Decades ago, DC was full of hand-painted signs pointing customers toward various retail establishments. They were eye-­catching and distinctive, but they were also expensive, required regular ...

Using hand gestures might feel like an intuitive way to communicate across language barriers, but their meaning can change, and there are few universal signs that everyone agrees on. Our hands are a ...

PETERSBURG - Sometimes images, words, symbols and even brand names have more meaning than the people who observe those things might suspect. Each gang has its own unique culture - from symbolic colors ...

Emilio Carrillo’s mural of Latin American countries on the wall of an apartment building in Pico-Union. (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series on ...

Every day thousands of hands stretch out along commuter routes across Gauteng speaking a silent language of taxi gestures. The upraised index finger indicating you are headed to town. The hand turned ...