Fading painted signs

Colossal Media

Film still showing a man's hand painting with a brush — This was new to me today, the first film from Colossal Media and a tribute to the team at Sky High Murals who execute their huge hand-painted advertising murals in the USA. Nice. (Read more Colossal Media posts.) Another tribute comes in book with the […]

Sign painter tributes from Colossal Media and the Sign Painter ...

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Faythe Levine Sam Macon Sign Painter Movie Sign Painters Signwriter Sky High Murals Tribute USA Video on October 31, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Jack Daniel's Declaration of Independence poster — Today is Independence Day in the USA. Last year, to celebrate, Jack Daniel’s worked with letter-press experts Yee-Haw Industries and the team at Colossal Media to first produce poster designs and then to scale these up into large scale pieces of hand painted advertising around […]

Declarations of Independence campaign from Jack Daniel’s

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged Alcohol Calligraphy Colossal Media Craft Embroidery Golden West Sign Arts Helms Workshop Independence Day Jack Daniel's Jon Contino Letter-Press Lettering Signwriter Type USA Whisky Yee-Haw Industries on July 4, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Berchowitz faux ghostsign from British Columbia by John Schrantz — Sometimes hand painted signs on buildings are created to look old and weathered intentionally. The example pictured (original photo on Flickr) was produced in 2003 for the Disney film, ‘Miracle’. (Does anyone have a clip showing where and how it features in the film?) Another […]

Faux ghostsigns

This entry was posted in Inspired by Signs Signs in Media Signs of Note and tagged Art Canada Colossal Media Dewars Disney Emmanuel Nouaillier Faux Film France It's All Art Jack Daniel's Jerry Johnson Keith Hampton Production Rick Janzen Streamline Studios UK USA on July 1, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Photo: Bebeto Matthews / AP Found this over on Frank Jump’s blog. Nice.

New video about large scale hand painted advertising, featuring @FadingAd ...

This entry was posted in Interviews Painted Lettering Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Frank Jump Ghostsigns New York Signwriter USA Video on May 23, 2012 by Sam Roberts

pdf of Colossal Media Annual Report 2011 — A tasty pdf reviewing the achievements of Colossal Media in 2011. Download the report here. Read more blog posts about Colossal Media here.

An annual review of the outstanding work of Colossal Media ...

This entry was posted in Photo Essays Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Signwriter USA on May 3, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Brickads for LoDo screen shot — a vision for LoDo from Blake Adams on Vimeo. This popped up on twitter, considering the leasing of wall space as a means of generating income, community exposure and maintaining artistic heritage in LoDo, Denver. Lots of Collosal Media featured in addition to some lovely […]

Can new Brickads generate income for Denver’s LoDo district? ...

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged Brickads Colossal Media Denver Ghostsigns Lodo USA Video on February 25, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Painter in the New York sky — Following Frank’s more recent appearance I came across this radio interview with Colossal Media which I missed in February last year. The slideshow above accompanies the full story and audio download on the WNYC website. More posts from the Ghostsigns blog about Colossal Media here, […]

On Air: Colossal Media Radio Interview

This entry was posted in Interviews and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads New York Press Radio USA Video on January 15, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Hand Painted Type alphabet by Umesh — Perhaps being in Cambodia has sensitised me to the world of Ghostsigns beyond my home shores. Or maybe awareness of the project has encouraged those from around the world to make contact. Whatever it is, I thought it was time for a round-up of what’s […]

Ghostsigns World Tour

This entry was posted in Sign Destinations Signs of Note and tagged Books Canada Cigarettes Colossal Media Contemporary Issues Delhi Event France Frank Jump Hague HandPaintedType India Lettering Marc Combier Modern Brickads Montreal Murals Netherlands New York Omega Oil People Production Restoration Signwriter Street Art Tobacco Tours Turret Umesh USA Van Gogh Video Worldwide on July 21, 2011 by Sam Roberts

This is fantastic, the final film ‘UP THERE‘ produced over the duration of Stella Artois’ ‘Ritual Project’ in New York in collaboration with Colossal Media. I’ve already talked at length about this work and my admiration for Colossal Media so I won’t cover the old […]

UP THERE

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Film Modern Brickads Ritual Project Video on April 27, 2010 by Sam Roberts

Stella Artois from the Ritual Project by Colossal Media — Readers of the blog may recall my discussions of the collaboration between Colossal Media and Stella Artois a.k.a. ‘The Ritual Project‘. This was all set to lead to a documentary but then everything went quiet. That is until I received an email yesterday from my […]

UP THERE from the Ritual Project

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads Ritual Project on March 30, 2010 by Sam Roberts

Stella Artois from the Ritual Project by Colossal Media — 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.

Chatting with the Ritual Project

This entry was posted in Signs in Media and tagged Colossal Media Contemporary Issues London Modern Brickads Press Ritual Project Signwriter UK USA on December 1, 2009 by Sam Roberts

Ritual Project Stella Artois Close Up — The project is into its final few days and there are some interesting snippets of the painters at work, both close up and in time lapse. Here are a few highlights, more here and here. I’d personally like to see some longer clips with perhaps […]

Ritual Project Update

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Contemporary Issues London Modern Brickads New York Production Ritual Project Signwriter UK USA Video on November 26, 2009 by Sam Roberts

Stella Artois and Colossal Media are collaborating in New York to use hand painted advertising over 21 days to demonstrate the ‘ritual’ of pouring a glass of Stella. This ritual involves nine steps and by day 11 they’re on step three, mainly due to adverse […]

The Ritual Project

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Contemporary Issues London Modern Brickads New York Production Ritual Project Signwriter UK USA Video on November 18, 2009 by Sam Roberts

Colossal Media Advertisement New York Gentrification — Picked this up over on psfk where they reckon this is an ad for Colossal Media. The observations on gentrification could easily apply in London and perhaps many other cities around the world.

Colossal Media & Gentrification

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads USA on February 17, 2009 by Sam Roberts

I’ve written lots about Colossal Media in the past but a visit to their website today revealed a whole load of new content including lots of videos, mainly time-lapses of their work being painted but also this new promotional trailer. Although it features some of their […]

Colossal Media Update

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads USA Video on December 1, 2008 by Sam Roberts

Mini NYC, by Marylise Looks like the hearing was a success…depending on your stance regarding protection…

Landmarks Commission Update

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Protection USA on September 10, 2008 by Sam Roberts

© Frank H. Jump Those guys over at Colossal Media go from strength to strength, this their latest creation in the Dewars campaign, photographed by Frank Jump. See the short film about the campaign here.

Dewars by Frank Jump

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Colossal Media Frank Jump Modern Brickads New York USA on January 27, 2008 by Sam Roberts

This is great, a time shifted video of Colossal Media reproducing the cover art of the latest Grand Theft Auto (GTA IV) game. Admitedly its on a canvas but you have to love these guys’ work, it looks like at least four of them doing […]

Colossal Media Timeshift

This entry was posted in Photo Essays Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads USA Video on January 16, 2008 by Sam Roberts

Debate over this site for a new painted wall advertisement Frank Jump over in NYC, USA recently presented the case, on behalf of Colossal Media, for the ‘overwriting’ of an old fading ghost sign with a new Colossal production. Presumably an application to do so […]

Landmarks Commission Hearing

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation Signs of Note and tagged Coca-Cola Coke Colossal Media Frank Jump New York Political Lobbying Protection USA on December 25, 2007 by Sam Roberts

Men at work on hand painted advertising for Dewars Whisky in New York — This is a great short film made by the team at Collosal Media and gives a real insight into some of the techniques used to produce brickads in particular it includes footage of the ‘pouncebag’ method of transferring the outline design onto the wall. The campaign […]

Collosal Media Live

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads Production Video on October 18, 2007 by Sam Roberts

While looking again at the Colossal Media site I came across this really nice spread they got in the New York Times back in October 2006. I think they’re onto a great thing and the fact that big name clients such as Absolut, H&M and […]

Colossal Media Press

This entry was posted in Signs in Media and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads New York Press Print USA on October 16, 2007 by Sam Roberts

nicknormal has taken a great series of shots in New York of Colossal Media producing their latest creation for the new Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game. A few are below but you can see them all in a slideshow giving a real sense of the […]

Brickads Live (GTA)

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Photo Essays Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads New York Production USA on October 16, 2007 by Sam Roberts

Jodie Foster The Brave New York Brickad — Oli just got back from New York where he said that there are ghost signs everywhere. However, in addition to the old signs, they are still producing modern brickads over there. This one is for Jodie Foster’s new film which has just been released in […]

NYC Brickads 2007

This entry was posted in Sign Making and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads New York Received USA on September 30, 2007 by Sam Roberts

Colossal Media Painting a Brickad for Dewars in New York — Just came across this on Erniesmallz blog. It’s the team from Colossal Media at work on a creation for Dewars It’s great to see the painting live at such close range, someone has to film this next time! They are using very fine brushes to […]

Ghost Signs Live (Dewars)

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Colossal Media Modern Brickads New York Production USA on July 17, 2007 by Sam Roberts