Fading painted signs

New Zealand

Hand painted sign in sky blue on a building advertising Radio 2KY — I’ve just come across this article in ProDesign magazine which profiles Mark Spurgeon of the Preserve project in New Zealand. I’ve written about Mark’s work before and how there are parallels with my own interest in ghostsigns. This article reinforces those similarities. You can visit […]

Mark Spurgeon’s Preserve project in ProDesign

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Sign Initiatives Signs in Media and tagged Mark Spurgeon New Zealand Preserve Press Print ProDesign on August 3, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Fischer Strube, Luzern Switzerland (Photo: Erik Wallace) While mine and the History of Advertising Trust’s efforts have focused on hand painted advertising from the UK and Ireland it’s always worth remembering that Ghostsigns are a global phenomenon. In fact there are others around the world […]

Preserve

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Sign Folk Sign Initiatives and tagged New Zealand Preserve USA on May 1, 2010 by Sam Roberts

Scales Weights and Weighing Machines — The latest contributions to the Preserve project in New Zealand have just been uploaded including this great photo of the famous Kings Cross ‘Scales, Weights & Weighing Machines’ sign taken by Sam Hardacre. I’ve been in touch with Mark who runs the project and will […]

Preserve NZ

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged New Zealand Preserve USA on March 2, 2010 by Sam Roberts

Dean wrote to me following the ban in Sao Paulo to let me know that it is now the politicians in Auckland, New Zealand, that are looking to outlaw billboards. However, they didn’t expect the advertising industry to fight back with a bit of characteristic […]

Auckland Billboards

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged Auckland Contemporary Issues New Zealand Political Lobbying Related and Random on October 12, 2007 by Sam Roberts