London Shop Fronts on London Live
Following last week’s post about Shopfrontelegy, here’s a short film from the Secret London section of new TV station London Live. It’s based on the … Read more
Fading painted signs with Sam Roberts
Following last week’s post about Shopfrontelegy, here’s a short film from the Secret London section of new TV station London Live. It’s based on the … Read more
Today I visited D&AD’s New Blood exhibit and got chatting to Craig Palmer who had created a ‘zine’ all about the humble ampersand. It was … Read more
I’ve just got round to posting the proper quality copies of the two biggest pieces of BBC coverage of the project. These are the One Show … Read more
Rank Hovis kindly sponsored the work with The History of Advertising Trust in getting the archive off the ground and now their sister brand, Hovis, … Read more
[Update: better quality video here.] Here’s the piece that was broadcast on the One Show, BBC1, on 12th April 2010. To see it full screen … Read more
This was broadcast on ITV Granada on Sunday, 31st January and featured Caroline & Phil Bunford who have added their collection of signs from Liverpool … Read more
This video from Jim Kirchherr from the Living St Louis series is a nice introduction to some of the signs from that city and touches … Read more
Last night (27th September) there was a feature on London Tonight all about Ghost Signs in London and how they should be protected. I was … Read more