Chasing Ghosts for the Coca-Cola Company
I was recently invited by the Coca-Cola Company to write a piece about ghost signs for their website. It turned into something of a summary … Read more
Fading painted signs with Sam Roberts
I was recently invited by the Coca-Cola Company to write a piece about ghost signs for their website. It turned into something of a summary … Read more
‘What is a Ghost Sign?‘ is the title of the second chapter of our book, Advertising and Public Memory. It is an attempt to provide … Read more
Last year I was invited to contribute an article on ghostsigns to the reincarnation of the Monotype Recorder periodical. It focused on issues of protection … Read more
This Melbourne ghostsign is a recent reveal and was captured by Nick Gadd, the writer behind Melbourne Circle. Nick’s research into the sign was recently … Read more
Kasey Smith’s ‘Perception Filter‘ blog is well worth a follow for all ghostsigns enthusiasts. Her dispatches from San Francisco have been a big influence on … Read more
‘Faux’ ghostsigns are a relatively new phenomenon but are appearing with increasing frequency around the world. I invited Meredith Kasabian, of Boston’s Best Dressed Signs … Read more
Building on the various tours and trails already published on this site, here are some more: Download a pdf of the Fort Collins Ghost Signs … Read more
Yorkshire is the focus for this three page spread on ghostsigns in Down Your Way magazine from earlier this year. Thank you to Mark Whitley of Country … Read more
This article about signwriter Bruce Buckley of the Chicago Sign Company is worth a read. (Thanks Andrew Cordani for this link to this page which … Read more
This article discusses the recent discovery of these wall paintings in Guatemala dating from AD814. More images in this guided tour of the site. See … Read more
A few years ago I spoke with Russell Norris who, at the time, was writing an article on ghostsigns for a local free circular publication … Read more
Photo: William Stage This article offers a preview of some of the material that is lined up for the forthcoming book, Ghost Signs of St … Read more
Photo: Alan Dein Interview with Alan Dein and more preview images of this exhibition on the Spitalfiends Life blog.
Daniel Lohmann posted an article he’s written to the ghostsigns Facebook group. It is in german and the original can be found here [Link expired] with … Read more