Graphic images and icons are part of the larger urban landscape of what's often called "wayfinding"—how we get from here to there. But how else do graphic images do their work in cities and public spaces? In this talk, Sara Hendren will start with the everyday icons that are all around us, showing the unexpected ways that aesthetic and political work happens in these simple graphics, especially when it comes to bodies of all shapes and sizes. And she'll explore much more: How does design in general—products, architecture, city streets and systems—help us make sense of one another? This is a talk about how all our tools and technologies are packed full of ideas, and it's an invitation to see the built environment and the human bodies in it with fresh eyes.