I'm gutted I won't be able to visit this exhibition (pdf flyer below) of Alan Dein's late 1980s images of shop fronts in Tower Hamlets.  If anyone writes a review then let me know and I'll link to it here.  (Hat tip to Lorna at History Workshop Online for the discovery.)

 

Pictured is one of my photos for Boyd Pianos in Hackney, and here is another from Sebastien's blog.

Photo: Kasey Smith

Everyone is familiar with hand painted signs for Coca-cola but these are new to me.  Some more pictures and an interesting commentary over on the Perception Filter blog.

Photo: Stephen Banham (Makes me want some Monty Leisurewear!)

Full article here mainly focused on the hide and seek nature of many ghostsigns, including this line which echoes mine and Sebastian Groes' urging against nostalgia:

Instead of feeling mournful about the demise or entombing of these letterforms, perhaps we should embrace the dynamics of the ever-changing streets of typography and ponder about all the hidden wonders yet to be temporarily unearthed.

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 is priced at 29.95euros and order enquiries should be sent to info@trichis.nl

Characters by Stephen Banham looks to be one of the must have new books on signage and public lettering.  It is high on my want list after reading this review sent to me by Geraldine of Birmingham Graphic DNA and this review picked up by Faythe of The Sign Painter Movie.  There is an accompanying website with a locations map and much more.  It is possible to order the book to locations outside of Australia here, I'd be delighted to hear from anyone who wants to buy it for me too...

New post from Ghostsigns: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ghostsigns/~3/KVeixHApr-I/farewell-and-rip-to-...

Click here for more information and to add any leads to the case.  (London Remembers' homepage is here.)

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

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.