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Oxford Times
Owen alerted me to a recent feature in the Oxford Times and kindly sent through these clippings which I’ve scanned. While Oxford wasn’t an industrial centre like London or Leeds it still has its fair share of old painted signage. This is more evidence of the ubiquity of Ghost Signs and another organisation (Fat […]
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Exhibition & Press (USA)
Letitia Street at Market Street in Olde City, by Lawrence O’Toole Lawrence O’Toole from the The Philadelphia Ghost Sign Project has secured a month long exhibition at the PRIMER Microstudio. For those readers who live anywhere near this it would be worth getting along, above is one example from Lawrence’s collection. In addition to this […]
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Ultrabold (Part 2)
Following the earlier mini-feature in the Ultrabold journal a longer photo feature has now made its way into the latest edition. Thank you to Simon for doing a fantastic job on the layout, do grab yourself a copy. Or, if you’re too lazy, you can read a lower quality version with the scans below. [Update: […]
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Ultrabold
Simon got in touch a while back asking if I could write a short piece for the Ultrabold magazine, the quarterly journal of St Bride Library. This is a specialist library and archive of print, graphic design, typography and more in Fleet Street. (Which reminds me that my visit is now well overdue!) The outcome […]
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Philadelphia Press
Lawrence O’Toole who has been documenting Ghost Signs in Philadelphia, USA got some press on his project recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Read the full piece here [Jan 2012: Link no longer available] and visit Lawrence’s blog here for some great pictures. This adds to the growing levels of press.
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The Post (18th October)
Kathryn passed me this, which appears to have come as a follow up to the recent piece in the South London Press. The article talks about the Streatham Society trying to get this great Portogram sign protected and also features the question to Mayor Ken again. I’ve tried to get in touch wth John Brown […]