Projects: Sign painting, sign, and lettering

A painted sign for a DTP shop called “ArtLife”. The name is painted in white on a green background, and a list of their services is painted in red on white.

Projects

Indian Sign Painting: A Typeface Designer’s Take on the Craft

Through her India Street Lettering project, Pooja Saxena re-examimes the craft and its clichés.

Woman sandwiched between two sheets of painted plywood, and painting Mr. Plywood's face onto one of these.

Projects

Mr. Plywood Stands Proud Again: Recreating a Portland Icon

Kirsten Bauer and Alina Radetsky collaborate to replace a celebrity sign of 60 years' standing.

Colourful mural with Ronald McDonald milking a cow while other characters from his story look on.

People

Uncovering the Spectacular Commercial Art of Wes Cook

A mural at McDonald's, Centralia, Washington, leads Cabel Sasser down a delightful rabbit hole.

Warehouse space with scores of signs laid out, including many illuminated neon signs.

Films

Lisbon's Letreiro Galeria Glows in a Beautiful Short Film

Documenting Rita Múrias and Paulo Barata's tireless work to preserve a city's graphic heritage.

Portion of a painted wall sign showing a boy running with boxes under his arms and lettering that reads "Chiquilin".

Places

Retrospectiva Recalls the Brands and Businesses of the Past

A cultural initiative creates signs laced with nostalgia to adorn the walls of Quinto in Spain.

Lower two-thirds of bifurcated letters 'RO' with scrolls in their centres and gilded and outlined in black.

Projects

Bringing a Gilded Victorian Transom Window Back to Life

Andy at AJ Signs in Dorset gives a new lease of life to a beautiful piece of Victorian glasswork.

Sign shop/artist studio with man at work, and signs and paintings on the walls and floor.

Projects

Algorithmic Art: The Sign Painting Project by Francis Alÿs

Artist's collaboration with Mexican sign painters challenges the idea of paintings as unique works.

Hand-painted portrait of the Godfather holding a massively oversized cat smoking a cigar.

BLAG

Bonus Material from BLAG 04

Bonus content from the adventures in sign painting in Issue 04 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine).

View from behind a woman's head as she paints black thick and thin lettering onto a white background.

People

Getting Into It: Sign Painters' Stories Around the World

Six sign painters tell the stories of their paths into the trade, and offer their advice to others.

Exhibition space with brightly decorated vehicles on low plinths.

People

Phool Patti Brings Pakistan's Decorative Artform to the World

Meet Phool Patti's Ali Salman Anchan, harnessing Pakistan's decorative art for social enterprise.

Decorative glass panel with gold, silver and green paint. It reads "Gretsch 125 year anniversary, 1883–2008".

Projects

Reverse Glass Gilding Processes in an Informative Video Overview

Pat Minervini on the techniques used to create his decorative gilded glass piece for Gretsch Guitar.

Spread from a publication with lettering in red layered on top of archival photos of Swiss shopfronts.

Events

ABC (Always Be Copying): Reproductive Power from Mexico

Introducing Mexico's Reproduction and Distribution Network, and their Lettering Workshop.

Close-up of a hand picking up a tiny tin of paint made to scale for a larger diorama.

Events

Watch the Free Recordings from BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 03

Signs, sign painting, and more in these free event recordings from BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 03.

Man crouching in front of a white wall, painting black lettering onto a mural sign.

People

Sign Painters of Pernambuco — Ten Years Later

Fátima Finizola reflects on her work profiling the sign painters in Pernambuco, Brazil.

Woman in overalls and sign painting kit standing next to a bright red racing car painted with the number 20 on its side.

Projects

A Fresh Lick of Paint for a Vintage Alfa Romeo

The livery of a 1967 Alfa Romeo GTV is restored to its original 1972 design by Valentina Trentini.

Drone photo of a large sign painted on a sloping roof with the city of Chicago in the background.

Events

The Sky's the Limit: A Chat with Right Way Signs

Recording of Right Way Signs' BLAG Chat about their niche of massive hand-painted roof signs.

Hand-painted pounce wheel in presentation box.

Projects

Paying Respect to the Vintage Pausrädchen (Pounce Wheel)

A batch of high-quality vintage pounce wheels are customised for sale as an art edition in Germany.

Scenic painting work in a studio environment.

Projects

Behind the Scenic Painting of Pinocchio's Animation Oscar

Polly Robbins, a scenic artist on Pinocchio, shares what goes into an Oscar-winning animation.