15 Mar 2012
Flag Makers sign in San Francisco faces uncertain future
Photo: Joe Thompson
This blog post signals a likely future RIP for this ghostsign in San Francisco.
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The joy of writing copy for butchers (with @Desightation)
Photo: Nick Garrett Not one, but two bits of playful copy on this sign by London-based signwriter Nick Garrett. Reminded me of the line on this ghostsign, also found on this one: “Pleased to meet you, meat to please you.” Do you know of any other choice cuts from the realm of butchers’ copywriting?
31 Mar 2012
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Preserve NZ
The latest contributions to the Preserve project in New Zealand have just been uploaded including this great photo of the famous Kings Cross ‘Scales, Weights & Weighing Machines’ sign taken by Sam Hardacre. I’ve been in touch with Mark who runs the project and will write more about him and his work soon. In the […]
2 Mar 2010
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London’s Lonely Ampersand
Today I visited D&AD’s New Blood exhibit and got chatting to Craig Palmer who had created a ‘zine’ all about the humble ampersand. It was a little lesson in the history of type with Craig telling me that the word is a conjunction (or ‘mondegreen‘ to give it its technical name) of four words. These […]
3 Jul 2014
