Fading painted signs

Netherlands

The above fragment of a ghost sign was revealed by the demolition of the adjascent building in Melbourne in 2014, as documented by Al Briggs at RMIT… “The majority of existing ghost signs that remain in suburban Melbourne are signs that were originally painted on […]

Recycling & Rearranging Ghost Signs

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation Sign Stories Signs of Note and tagged Al Briggs Australia Deventer Grote of Lebuinuskerk Holland Melbourne Netherlands Rearranging Recycling on September 7, 2018 by Sam Roberts

Painted sign on a wall for A.v.Wees Cola Drink — 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 signage.) While there I saw a number of ghostsigns, including many that have been repainted as part of the work […]

Ghostsigns in Amsterdam & Some Repainted

This entry was posted in Painted Lettering Photo Essays and tagged Amsterdam Better Letters Dutch Ghostsigns Netherlands Restoration Tekens Aan De Wand Writing on the Wall on October 29, 2014 by Sam Roberts

Restored painted sign advertising Knis & Gunnink coffee and tea house in Kampen — Tekens Aan De Wand (Writing on the Wall) is a book documenting the collective efforts of local historical societies across the Netherlands to restore ghostsigns. It is published by Trichis and features over 170 pages of beautiful painted signage, graphic design and archival photography. Sadly […]

Tekens Aan De Wand: Ghostsign Restoration in the Netherlands

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Sign Initiatives Sign Preservation Signs in Media and tagged Amsterdam Book Books Groningen Jos Bazelmans Kampen Leeuwarden Leiden Netherlands Peter Nijhof Restoration Review Rotterdam Tilburgse Trichis Utrecht on January 8, 2014 by Sam Roberts

Netherlands Book from the Writing on the Wall — Writing on the Wall (my article about them here) are publishing a book which I’m very excited about. Details on the pdf below for those who read Dutch, otherwise try Google Translate with a copy and paste of the text for an approximate translation. It […]

New book charting hand painted advertising on walls in the ...

This entry was posted in Signs in Media and tagged Books Ghostsigns Netherlands on May 13, 2012 by Sam Roberts

It may be too late to book but for those in the Utrecht area this (pdf flyer) looks to be an informative tour of the city’s historic wall advertising. (Organised by Writing on the Wall.)

Guided tour of hand painted advertising on walls in Utrecht, ...

This entry was posted in Sign Destinations Sign Initiatives and tagged Ghostsigns Netherlands Tours Utrecht Writing on the Wall on May 10, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Photos: Martin Percival Martin kindly sent me these that he took in The Hague. They are restoration jobs, details of the black and white one here and more on another organisation working on preservation in the Netherlands here.

Two signs from The Hague sent to me by Martin ...

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Ghostsigns Netherlands Received Restoration on May 9, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Photo: Frank Jump I like this sign from the Fading Ad blog, looks like it may have been repainted, perhaps by these guys.

A lesser known rival to Pepsi and Coke in Amsterdam ...

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Amsterdam Cola Frank Jump Ghostsigns Netherlands on April 29, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Van Houten's Cacao de Beste — Photo: Writing on the Wall This organisation in the Netherlands was established in 1999 and has been working ever since to raise the profile of hand painted wall advertising in the country. They also get involved with other outdoor forms such as hanging signs and […]

Writing on the Wall working to preserve and restore ghostsigns ...

This entry was posted in Sign Initiatives Sign Preservation and tagged Ghostsigns Community Netherlands Protection Restoration on March 9, 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

Its been a while since I’ve posted some images received and I’ll probably be doing less of this as the Flickr group for the ghostsigns archive is now the natural home for all submissions, at least those from the UK and Ireland. However, I’ve been […]

Latest Received (sort of…)

This entry was posted in Photo Essays and tagged Netherlands Received UK Worldwide on May 25, 2009 by Sam Roberts