Fading painted signs

Finding the Radio Book

Ghostsign advertising Melbourne Shipping Company — Back in March I was in Melbourne where I checked out some of the ghostsigns the city has to offer in addition to giving a talk alongside Stephen Banham at the University. Some of this was thanks to a chauffeur-driven tour by Stefan Schutt (Finding […]

Melbourne’s Ghostsigns and their Hunters

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Sign Destinations Sign Folk and tagged American Soda Fountain Anthony Malloy Australia Finding the Radio Book Ghostsigns Indian Root Pills John Hunter Lewis & Skinner Malcolm Reid Mapping Melbourne Melbourne Steamship Company Richard Tri Parton Stefan Schutt on October 13, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Layout of painted sign on paper for Cabury Bournville Cocoa — The Lewis & Skinner archive is a collection of materials relating to the work of a Melbourne signwriting company from the first half of the last century. These were fortuitously discovered by Dr Stefan Schutt last year and he has since been working to archive […]

Lewis & Skinner Exhibit Featuring Ghostsigns and Live Signwriting

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Sign Initiatives Sign Making and tagged Archive Australia Bournville Cadbury Cocoa Drink Event Exhibition Finding the Radio Book Ghostsigns Lewis & Skinner Lisa Cianci Melbourne Signwriting Soft Drink Stefan Schutt Tony Mead Victoria University on September 29, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Information flyer for ghost sign hunting seminar — I am very excited to announce a forthcoming seminar in which I will be speaking alongside Stephen Banham, author of Characters and something of a typographic legend, and Stefan Schutt, curator of the Lewis and Skinner archive and author of the Finding the Radio Book […]

Ghost Sign Hunting: Melbourne Seminar

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Initiatives and tagged Australia Characters Event Finding the Radio Book Melbourne Seminar Stefan Schutt Stephen Banham Talks on February 26, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Ghostsign for Shelley's drinks painted around the border of a window — This and a number of other ghostsigns images from Sydney, Australia, are featured on the Finding the Radio Book blog. Stefan notes that he didn’t find a huge number on his visit there, many overlapping with those on the Preserve site. This could be due […]

Sydney ghostsigns from Finding the Radio Book

This entry was posted in Sign Collections and tagged Australia Drink Finding the Radio Book Shelley's Soft Drink Stefan Schutt Sydney on December 1, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Hand painted sign on a building in Melbourne advertising Jans Bros — Finding the Radio Book is a fascinating piece of work being undertaken by Dr Stefan Schutt of Victoria University. It all started with a piece of paper floating in the wind and has now evolved into a research project focussed on the archival records of […]

Melbourne’s Ghostsigns with Finding the Radio Book

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Sign Initiatives and tagged Australia Finding the Radio Book Jans Bros Lewis & Skinner Melbourne People Research Signwriter Stefan Schutt on July 20, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Hand painted sign on a former milk bar in Australia — This is one of the shop signs found in this article which profiles the decline in Melbourne’s Milk Bars, retail outlets that once dotted the streets. The article features a collection of 22 other shop signs and fascias and was spotted by Stef on the […]

Melbourne’s Milk Bars and the signs that adorned them

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Signs in Media and tagged Australia Fascia Finding the Radio Book Gilmour's Milk Melbourne Milk Bars Paul Jeffers Shop Signs on June 28, 2012 by Sam Roberts