Emily's mom actually lived in the Park Lane building. She said it looks much better now than it did back then. It's funny to think that a type that may have looked too cheesy or trendy back then now looks so unique and beautiful.
After admiring the signs and lettering on my walks to work, I wanted to document what I had found. We often discuss the cultural impact of architecture and urban spaces but rarely the words and letters found in these spaces. So here is villatype, a visual record and discussion of type and lettering found in the public domain. I hope you will all take part by adding to the dialogue and posting your own finds.
Call for submissions
villatype is always searching for found type and lettering in any public space. You can send me images along with your name, city, street and date. Or, even better, become a contributor and post them yourself by emailing me your contact info and I will add you as a contributor.
4 comments:
you ARE a pompous architect! or maybe it's the glasses that magically force you to turn you into one. either way, welcome to the club old chap.
love the metal cobwebs in the first one.
crazy apartment entrace! I need to move to Montreal.
I like the information overload, moody night parking signs best.
and that poor guy in the DANGER sign has no idea he is about to be impaled by falling cartoon daggers.
Emily's mom actually lived in the Park Lane building. She said it looks much better now than it did back then. It's funny to think that a type that may have looked too cheesy or trendy back then now looks so unique and beautiful.
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