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.

To a speaker of English, a sign asking ‘Was?” may not make much sense. In German, however, the question is a more thought-provoking “What?” That’s exactly the point of this faux-neon ...

While a vintage appeal comes with true neon, signs of this type are expensive to make, power-hungry and contain potentially toxic chemicals, albeit in quantities too small to do any harm if the ...

A small but vibrant arts movement has sprung ... manufacturing parts for machinery,” says Shawna Peterson, a neon artist and sign maker in the Sierra Foothills. (She recently redid the sign ...

The first neon sign was displayed in Paris in 1910 and since then, it has become part of the urban landscape. Although plastic signs with florescent lighting became popular in the 1950s and 1960s ...

Retro neon signs are seeing a resurgence in Alabama towns. In some cases, the original signs are being refurbished or restored. In other cases, signs with a vintage feel are being erected at new ...

As twilight falls, the Neon Sign Park flickers to life. Pools of rich velvety light fill the small plaza, red and blue like fire and ice. The colors flutter and dance with the pulse of each sign.

the neon signs of San Francisco are more human in scale, advertising small businesses to pedestrians. The fact that a city in 2017 is actively encouraging businesses to restore their neon signs ...

There’s something about old neon signs that commands attention. That’s the point, obviously: These glowing advertisements were built to stand out among other businesses also vying to attract ...