Year: 2012
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Weathering in Idaho leads to reveal of c.100 year old ghostsign
Photo: Roger Plothow This treasure has just been uncovered, more background on Roger’s blog [Link since expired]. It’s an interesting case of the weather working to ‘save’ a sign rather than eroding it.
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Will Bristol Ban Outdoor Advertising?
This article highlights a petition to ban outdoor advertising in Bristol which, if successful, would mean it joins Auckland and Sao Paolo among others. This Howard Gossage article offers perhaps one of the most compelling critiques of the outdoor format
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Short film about Syracuse’s ‘Love Letter’
Via the Noon-Gun blog I came across this short film by Signpainter Movie directors Faythe Levine and Sam Macon. It is part of the ‘Love Letter for You’ project, using large scale signpainting for artistic expression and community development. Reminds me of the Ferodo bridges in the UK, albeit much more colourful and not selling brake […]
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Uncertain future for the ‘Polo Tower’ in Morcombe (via @willsh)
I’d never seen this unique piece of hand painted advertising until I came across the picture and dim appraisal of the town on John’s blog. I’m pretty sure it must be hand painted but correct me if I’m wrong. Regardless, a bizarre contractual situation has ensured its survival to this day, despite the closure of […]
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Lost Type breaks new ground in linking type designers to buyers
This initiative is innovative to say the least. If you’re feeling tight you can pay nothing, but if you do pay (what you want) for your font download then you can rest assured that every cent is going directly to the designer responsible. Great find by the No Relavance blog, it’s also worth checking out […]
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Dr Ken Jones’ mosaic technique for ghostsigns photography
Dr Ken Jones is a former NASA imaging expert whose work in the 1970s included digitally photographing the surface of Mars. This required the use of image ‘mosaics’, a technique which he is now applying to the more terrestrial subject of ghostsigns.Dr Jones’ work starts from a fairly simple concept of what he wants from the […]