If nothing else, the modular architecture forced them to choose badass colorschemes to give these towerblocks character.
and odd mix of glyphic serifs and gothic caps. terrific colors to boot. (and yes, i’m clueless as to what it says)
these street numbers are all over the city. i don’t think i saw a single one that actually lit up though....
this was across the street from the sonambiente gallery by ostbahnhof. don’t ask me what goes on in there, but it sure looks like a bowl of soup.
good old neon. no clue what it was originally advertising but it sure looks like videotape.
i guess bratislava went through a renumbering at some point not too long ago. duplicate address signs were everywhere.
it may look like an emigre font, but this crazy fat - yet loopy - script style was all over spain in a billion hand-lettered variations
I would recommend printing at greater than 6 DPI, but that’s just me....
the power company in amsterdam has one of my all-time favorite logos. no gödel escher bach connection though ... or is there?
there’s something really unique about the sans serifs in europe that i can’t quite put my finger on. narrowness? rectangularness mixed with super-roundness? dunno....
it warms my heart that even transfer lettering gets interesting if left outside for long enough
recently uncovered in downtown providence. how on earth it survived since the days when a meal went for 40 cents is a mystery to me.
my favorite bit of poetic signage in cambridge