While holidaying in Poland in 2005, British graphic designer David Hill was struck by the neglected Cold-War era neon signs spanning the rooftops of the capital, Warsaw. “I’d never seen anything quite ...
This spring and summer, exhibits featuring neon will light up museums, galleries and botanical gardens across the U.S. It's been nearly 100 years since this country's first neon sign was imported from ...
Neon Club bends, twists, heats, sculpts and brings light to ASU’s art galleries. The club introduces a different type of sculpting that involves the creation or restoration of neon signage, as well as ...
Hong Kong is famous for its nightly ‘Symphony of Lights’ multimedia show on Victoria Harbour, but the city’s original symphony of lights began long ago on its narrow streets and busy thoroughfares, ...
AMERICANA. IN GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, KNOWN AS THE CHAIR CITY. BUT NOW IT MIGHT JUST BE ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING THE. NEON SIGN CITY. WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND CREATIVITY SHINE, RIGHT?
Like the skyscraper, the automobile, and the motion-picture palace, neon signs once symbolized popular hopes for a new era of technological achievement and commercial abundance. From the 1920s to the ...
Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...
Though they fell out of favor in the 1980s and 1990s, the retro chic of neon signs have made this century-old technology a popular choice for retail storefronts, restaurants and even service ...