Fading painted signs with Sam Roberts
Examining the phenomenon of ghost signs becoming more visible over time, and possible explanations for it, including overpainting, repointing and changing photographic technology.
Documentation of Hovis ghost signs across London, including archival photos and contextual research.
Sharing research to date into what was once one of the major outdoor contractors leasing sites to advertisers for painted wall signs.
Researching ghost signs is a very hit and miss affair, with dead ends fortunately offset by those that yield myriad clues and new paths to … Read more
Extended article examining what to do about ghost signs in terms of conservation, restoration, and protection.
Three walks the reveal some of Glasgow’s wonderful ghost signs.
A cluster of ghost signs including advertising for a dairy, a boundary marker and a street sign offer some intrigue in Spitalfields’ former Artillery Grounds.
Watch Eric Bednarski’s film ‘Neon’ and discover more neon and ghost signs highlights from the 2020 Neon Speaks festival.
Additional painted fascia revealed at E. Mono, but then both covered by new mounted signage.
Research into H.A. Howard & Sons of Ducie Street, Manchester, manufacturers of Gileric Gowns.
Update on work to document and protect Hackney’s surviving street signs with the now-defunct N.E. postal district, including successful Hackney Society lobbying.
Highlights from Alistair Hall’s London Street Signs book.
Last summer an extraordinary project took place in Vienna, Austria, with the aim of removing an early-20th Century ghost sign for Adolf Grünsfeld, in its … Read more
Review of signs from architectural salvage that end up for sale on interior decoration marketplaces, and associated issues, including ‘faux’ ghost signs.
“Among the restaurants and cafes that dominate today’s Stoke Newington Church Street in North London is a ghost sign representing both the industrial and Jewish … Read more
Fading theater curtain with painted advertising discovered on former premises of Burr Theatre in Ludlow MA by Sean Hastings.
Details of Christmas special Stoke Newington Ghostsigns Walk on Friday 28 December 2018.
A couple of years ago these two well-preserved ghost signs were revealed in Paris (see Streetview), presumably by the removal of billboards that covered and … Read more
Absolutely fascinating investigation uncovering the historical connections between two glass signs for F.W. Woolworth Co. and the Winston-Salem sit-ins that played a major role in … Read more
There is one week left to back the printing of a brand new publication that will be of interest to all those interested in hand-painted … Read more
I’ve never been to Singapore but have always believed it to be an ultra-modern city-state, and an unlikely place to find much in the way … Read more
I recently (28 October) hosted ‘Font Sunday’ on Twitter with the theme of ‘fading fonts’ to mark the changing of the clocks and the fading … Read more
[Download in high resolution] At 49 Stoke Newington Church Street, junction with Lancell Road, is this fragment of a ghost sign which, despite my best … Read more
Earlier this year I was lucky to attend the launch of Lost & Foundry, a collection of fonts created and published by Fontsmith in collaboration … Read more