Mies Van Der Rohe
"Less is more" The aphorism is one of the most used (and abused) in design and architecture. Detlef Mertins, author of an exceptional monograph on the master architect, reveals how…
The US dollar
You may have heard that the dollar sign ($) was born from a monogram of the letters “U” and “S,” as in “United States.”Well, you heard wrong.The symbol comes from…
The Ampersand
Created by the Ancient Romans, the ampersand made its debut on a wall in Pompeii. It started out as a representation of the Latin word et, which translates to “and.”…
The “at” symbol
Back in 1971, American computer programmer Ray Tomlinson, known as the inventor of email, sent the first electronic message, indicating a recipient’s location with the ubiquitous symbol (@). Today, accounting…