Standard Fireworks (RIP)

Photo by robo2004

Destruction and demolition are no strangers to ghostsigns, as the expanding list of 'obituaries' documents. Recently news has reached me of one loss and another potentially on the horizon.

Merry Christmas from Ghostsigns

A little video treat to wish you all the best for the festive season, courtesy of the ghostsigns project.

Rage Factor

This campaign now has hand painted signs to support it!

What was John Bull?

A magazine or a tyre brand? Or something else?

While working on refining the categories for the archive I came across two signs which I am now uncertain about and I need your help. These are both for brands that adopted the moniker John Bull, which I now understand is a generic character akin to Uncle Sam in America.

100 Contributors

100 photographers have now added their pictures to the forthcoming archive using this form.

Charlton Signwriting

Some photos and film from a visit to Charlton to see Chris of Northern Star Creative at work on a sign for a garage. It was great to see him in action and to hear some of his stories from when he used to run a signwriting shop on the Woolwich Road.

Chatting with the Ritual Project

I did an interview with the New York project as it reaches its climax. Read it in full here and find out more about their work here.