3D Signs & The Greatest Glyph: The Ampersand
We’ve recently put up a wall of 3D signage and took the opportunity to make the collection an ode to the ampersand. Here we take a playful look at the history of the greatest glyph: &.
Sam Roberts On Ghost Signs
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Sam Roberts chronicles our artisanal DNA and commercial ancestry by scouring brick and mortar for ghost signs, everywhere from London to Australia, Vietnam and Bangladesh.
Flipping The Script: Sign Spinning
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In America, a lost youth are starting their careers in a mind-blowing fusion of street dance and sandwich board work, with a new kerb side phenomenon called sign spinning…
Exploring New Delhi’s Old Signs
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Hanif Kureshi is giving a virtual home to the font work of poor street artists like Painter Kafeel. We find out why it’s important to digitise Delhi’s hand painted typefaces.
Sign Painters, The Film: In Talks With The Director
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Across the pond, a nation’s artisanal past is meeting its present day need for something indie, off the mainstream, and freely expressed. Hand painted signs are making a slow but sure resurgence.