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The neon signs that once illuminated Hong Kong have mostly gone dark, but Jive Lau is preserving the craft of neon making with his ambitious designs and sculptures.
I recently found such a mystery in the Electricity Collections. We have two small neon-type signs -- one reads "NBS" and the other, "Helium." Handwritten paper labels on each sign contained the ...
It also celebrates a period of creative ... on an open book. A gleaming “Berlin” signposted a shop selling East German textiles. “It was not about consumerism, they (neon signs) were there ...
With businesses fighting for attention, the facades of buildings became more and more crowded with neon signs that got larger, brighter and more creative. Some of the most famous included the ...
If the Fourth of July fireworks don’t satisfy your hankering for dazzling colors, Glendale’s Museum of Neon Art has an offer: Come visit its storage facility on July 9 for a rare peek of what ...
Her name was Beatrice Haverfield, and her creative work ... was scheduled to open in the Wallingford neighborhood, and the owner, Dick Spady, hired Campbell Neon to make a sign.
So where do broasted chicken and neon signs cross roads? “This sign was put up around 1956 by Pride Signs,” Bob’s Cafe business operator Ben Weiland said. The answer is out front.
A new museum coming to Kansas City hopes to bring the city’s glowing past back to life, one neon sign at a time.
As early as the 1920s neon signs illuminated major metropolitan cities, peddling flashy wares and services to awestruck drivers and pedestrians. That is, until fluorescent lighting became dominant ...
The museum housing a personal collection of 160 neon signs will close in December ... Until then, it will be open to the public during regular hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Saturdays just ...
He says that unlike the old neon masters, who largely made signs with just the name of the shop they advertised, he takes a more creative approach ... And he’s working to open a store that ...