Durable Logos If you don’t want your logo to fade away or peel off why not cast it in, weld it on or stencil-cut it out? Integral graphic design and signs also eliminate the added-on look and suggest permanence and strength. These durable logos will last as long as the… Read more »
Colored Space? No. The steel columns and pots in this public building are pure white; the floor dark grey. The rainbow of rich color is light transmitted through multi-colored translucent panels. And the effect changes during the day as the sun moves around the building in downtown Montreal.
Cast in timeless bronze over ‘hand-made’ Art Deco-like letters, this handsome small sign has been part of the Salt Lake City streetscape since 1919. 10 West Broadway, Salt Lake City, Utah
The aging blade sign identifying the empty Rialto Theatre, recently red tagged by South Pasadena’s building and safety department, will now be repaired and for the time being remain in place towering over Fair Oaks Avenue. The 87-year-old theater has been closed since 2010 and needs substantial structural work and… Read more »
A lot, apparently. Drivers approaching this Pasadena intersection are confronted with ten(!) traffic control signs and five visible signal heads. Each sign is meant to improve safety, but taken together, we’re not so sure the opposite effect has not been inadvertently achieved.
CAUTION: Multi-cultural Children?
It’s on the street. It has typography and pictures. Is it art or design? These otherwise function-driven utility boxes in Pasadena’s Playhouse District have been transformed by public artist Susan Silton.
We always like a sign with a clear call-to-action, good typographic emphasis and effective use of an arrow.
This beautiful image seen in a municipal parking garage was not created by an artist. Made by a surveyor for use as an optical sight target, the original scribed crosshairs were made more visible with colored chalk. Months later the remaining marks and the orange chalk have faded into a… Read more »
In this era of LEDs and electronic images, one can still see great examples of classic neon signs. This perfect neon drawing blinks on and off day and night reflecting not only vintage sign-making, but period headwear as well. 444 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena