Ghostsigns in Amsterdam & Some Repainted
Last month I visited Amsterdam as part of my work on Better Letters. (Read more about it here, including lots more photos of lettering and … Read more
Month: October 2014
Ghostsigns Walking Tours: One Year On
This time last year I was setting out with my crash test dummies on the first ever Ghostsigns Walking Tour in Stoke Newington, London. It … Read more
Fading Ads of Philadelphia by Lawrence O’Toole
This ghostsign advertising Roxy’s Hunting Goods did for Lawrence O’Toole what the Stoke Newington Fount Pens sign did for me. It sensitised him to the … Read more
Puck Matches: Archival Photo of a Gable End
This fascinating archival image is part of a larger collection of outdoor advertising captured photographically in the early 1930s and donated to the History of … Read more
Dr Bells: A Stunning Ghostsign Reveal in Paducah
Rob Estes of Brushstroke Signs took the photograph below which reached me via Cornbread of the Walldogs. It’s of a recent ghostsign revealed in Paducah, … Read more