History Sign Painting the Horror of the Belsen Concentration Camp The sign painting work of Reginald Price commemorating the dead at Belsen concentration camp.
Books Sign Production in Ghost Signs: A London Story Full text and accompanying images from the 'Sign Production' chapter of Ghost Signs: A London Story.
History Messages Made to Last: Painted Ceramic Advertising Murals A whistle-stop tour of Europe's key locations for painted ceramic advertising and decorative murals.
Places Rótulos of Cuauhtémoc: The Whitewashing of Vernacular Signs in Mexico City The food stalls in Cuauhtémoc are having their hand-painted signs erased by order of the mayor.
History Ye Olde Sign Shoppe: Smeed's Smart Signs The story of Smeed's Smart Signs in Herne Bay, Kent, and its surviving gilded glass shopfront.
Films Face in the Sky (1933) Video of Face in the Sky (1933), the adventures of two traveling sign painters who find an unexpected passenger in their van.
People Juan 'el Petudo': Sign Painting King of La Palma Barely known outside of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana Martin was a renowned local sign painter, leaving a lasting legacy.
Places Sign Painter Kits at the American Sign Museum Sign painter kits on show at the American Sign Museum, including a new late-19th century acquisition.
History Art Deco Inspiration to "Modernize Main Street" Art Deco sign and lettering inspiration from 1935 architectural competition, "Modernize Main Street".
History Football’s Awesome Tifos The story of the huge hand-painted banners created by football fans around the world, aka 'Tifos'.
History The ‘Red List’ of Heritage Crafts Lettering and sign crafts, some viable, some 'endangered', according to the Heritage Crafts Association.
Books A Love Letter to Amsterdam’s Curly Letter Book about Amsterdam's 'curly letter' is an informative and visually rich guide to the vernacular style.
Events Festival of Writing at the British Library British Library exhibition on writing, through the history and practise of 30 different writing systems.
History Signwriting & Type’s Enduring Relationship Type Tasting's Sarah Hyndman on the recurring role of signwriting in the development of typefaces.
History ‘Tickets’ and the French Sign Painter in London 'Tickets' and his sign painting partner are trying to make ends meet in London's sign game in the 1870s.
History A Curtain Call for the Theatre Advertising of Old Theatre curtain from Ludlow, Massachusetts hosts a time capsule of c.1920s hand-painted advertisements.
People James Rosenquist: His Billboards Past James Rosenquist, famous for his work as a (pop) artist, owes a lot to his humble sign painting past.
History The Grand Exhibition of the Society of Sign Painters Exhibition at London Letterheads, tribute to the 1762 Grand Exhibition of the Society of Sign Painters.