well hello there, i've been asked to join in and here are some of my pics from a recent visit to sicily, i also post found type regularly on my blog (www.mestudio.info) so expect some more soon (Tokyo, France and the UK for example)
Phil Baines & Catherine Dixon's Signs: Lettering in the Environment is a brilliant survey of international wayfinding and architectural typography – it doesn't touch the weathered and distorted signs, though! These are beautiful.
on the second one melted (the board was white and the blue background is a sticker thats just disintegrated in the sun, the lower one is white sticker letters that have also disintegrated in the sun, thanks for the link!
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.
3 comments:
Thanks Martin! I have added your site in the side bar for more found type.
These samples are great, were the letters peeled or melted off in the second sample? Looks like they have morphed into weird bubble letters.
Phil Baines & Catherine Dixon's Signs: Lettering in the Environment is a brilliant survey of international wayfinding and architectural typography – it doesn't touch the weathered and distorted signs, though! These are beautiful.
on the second one melted (the board was white and the blue background is a sticker thats just disintegrated in the sun, the lower one is white sticker letters that have also disintegrated in the sun, thanks for the link!
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