Ghostsigns

Posted on 19 March, 2010 by Guy Cookson
Ghostsign

New Cross Road, New Cross, SE14. Photo by Ewan Munro

Today signs are made of vinyl, aluminium, acrylic and stainless steel. Billboards are colour printed in epic proportions and backlit.

It wasn’t always the case. Not long ago signs were hand painted onto brick. There are still remnants of this world, although they are fast disappearing as the elements take their toll and streets are demolished to make way for new developments.

You can view some examples of ghostsigns at a new online gallery, blog and Flickr group.

I wonder if today’s web designs will one day look as dated as these signs do to us?

- Lancaster, UK

About Guy Cookson

Guy Cookson is the co-founder of Azullo and co-creator of Respond: a simple way for online publishers to earn extra revenue with contextual call-to-action buttons. Follow Guy on Twitter.
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3 Responses to Ghostsigns

  1. Sam Roberts says:
    19 March, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    Thanks for the write up, the pictures and words from the event are now online. Visit this post on the blog.

    Reply
  2. Sam Roberts says:
    13 January, 2012 at 7:19 am

    I’ve just moved my website so the link to the blog has changed to this (www.ghostsigns.co.uk). The link in my comment above is now this.

    If the webmaster sees this then please update the link in the article. Thanks! Sam

    Reply
  3. Guy Cookson says:
    13 January, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    Thanks Sam I’ve updated the article link.

    Reply

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