typetoken® » neon http://www.typetoken.net Showcasing & discussing the world of typography, icons and visual language Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:09:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Project Neon | Kirsten Hivelyhttp://www.typetoken.net/typeface/project-neon-kirsten-hively/ http://www.typetoken.net/typeface/project-neon-kirsten-hively/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:36:44 +0000 David Watson http://www.typetoken.net/?p=5252 grays

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Beautiful Neon letterforms feature throughout Kirsten Hively’s Project Neon which documents the best of New York City’s neon signs.

Each week she updates her Tumblr with a new shot and some backstory. Here’s how she describes the project:

Follow a girl as she follows the glow in search of New York’s best neon signs. Every week I’ll visit another of New York City’s neon-clad establishments and post a photo & story, and tell you more about why I’m traipsing around this metropolis in the cold & dark to visit pharmacies, shoe repair stores, and bars with good neon signs to buy cough syrup, get my shoes repaired or just have a drink.

After a successfully funded Kickstarter appeal,  Kirsten is now working on an iPhone app of the best signs in NYC.

 

Find out more about Project Neon

www.projectneon.tumblr.com

Flickr

@heyprojectneon

]]> http://www.typetoken.net/typeface/project-neon-kirsten-hively/feed/ 1 The works of Chris Braceyhttp://www.typetoken.net/visual-language/the-works-of-chris-bracey/ http://www.typetoken.net/visual-language/the-works-of-chris-bracey/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 17:30:16 +0000 Simon Griffin http://typetoken.net/?p=1241

For more than 35 years Chris Bracey has collected and salvaged iconic signs and neons before they are discarded and disappear forever. Repaired and resurrected by Bracey, these pieces become icons of their own.

http://www.guyhepner.com/artists/chris-bracey
http://www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk/

 

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