These posts on design may well be posted in a riff format, as in what ever catches my eye as being something of quality design is my starting point for each post. Something worth sharing.
Signs are everywhere and a lot of the time we don't notice them, when was the last time really you looked up on the street? Although street signage clutter can be a plague leading to information overload. Where I live in Dublin traffic signs have been erected where they obscure traffic lights (bad design decision) but sometimes isolated sign design can work so well.
This fantastic piece (above) is via Eight Hour Day. To me this sign as a piece of design it is very evocative. It says America, it says 1950's and it says showbiz. Granted the evocative feelings are there because this piece of design looks as if it has history. The 50's was probably when the use of neon hit its peak as the prime element in the design of illuminated signs and there are not many signs like these manufactured these days. As a result they are expensive to make and you would be hard pressed to let any town planners let you erect anything so dramatic these days in most cities. I think there is an element of craft in good neon work; by that I mean people manipulating materials directly with heir hands.
I should have a picture of this sign when it is fully illuminated but you know it looks as good in daylight, Sky blue against Sky blue
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Image via eighthourday.com
