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Tooting Ghost Signs for Gowns and Grooves
Digging into the Tooting ghost signs for gowns and grooves revealed on Mitcham Road.
29 Mar 2022
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Mural walks in Brixton and East London
The London Mural Preservation Society has organised two walking tours showcasing some of London’s most iconic murals. Check the PDFs below for full details and contact information for the society. East London Line Mural Walk, Saturday 30th June (download PDF with details of East London Line Mural Walk) Brixton Mural Walk, Sunday, 15th July (download PDF with details […]
25 Jun 2012
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The 100 best typefaces of all time (apparently) via @typotalks and @FontShop
Pictured are the top ten from this list. More about the judging here. Found via Typo London.
2 Jun 2012
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Flook
[Update: This application no longer exists.] This free iPhone app now features ghostsigns in the form of geolocated photo cards. My Flickr images have been used to test the app’s integration with the photosharing website and the results have been a success. By getting the app on your iPhone you can view and create photo […]
21 Jan 2010
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Ritual Project Update
The project is into its final few days and there are some interesting snippets of the painters at work, both close up and in time lapse. Here are a few highlights, more here and here. I’d personally like to see some longer clips with perhaps some discussion from the painters about the techniques employed. I […]
26 Nov 2009
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Colossal Media & Gentrification
Picked this up over on psfk where they reckon this is an ad for Colossal Media. The observations on gentrification could easily apply in London and perhaps many other cities around the world.
17 Feb 2009
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Herbrand Street ‘Mural’
Biking home along the now congested cycle lanes in Bloomsbury I couldn’t help noticing this huge mural on the side of the terrace at the corner of Herbrand Street and Tavistock Place. I went back to it the next day with my camera and took these pictures. At the same time I went up to […]
25 May 2008
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London Street Scenes
Bob just told me about his site London Street Scenes [update: website no longer available] where a good collection of mainly London ghost signs can be seen. There’s a good spread from North and South London and it looks like there are more being added all the time. In addition to this section there are other galleries […]
16 Mar 2008
