Many initially found the flicker and glow of neon to be “warmer” and “less frenetic” than electric light. It made public space feel more domestic and, at the same time, more holy.

Spectacular GIFs of Flickering City Lights at Night Pinar - MyModernMetropolis Published June 14, 2013 | Comments (0) ...

These days, neon lights are being crowded out by LEDs and neon-rich cities like Hong Kong are losing their flickering, dynamic glow. That’s where the Museum of Neon Art comes in.

A revival of fantastic, flickering signs is illuminating roadside America, from legendary Route 66 to the Vegas strip. Around 250 vintage signs fill the outdoor “boneyard” at the Neon Museum ...

Flickering Light, Christoph Ribbat’s intriguing history of neon, ... From the 1920s, the Egani school in New York trained those who wanted to work in neon, teaching glassblowing and light design.

As Christoph Ribbat wrote in Flickering Light: A History Of Neon, argon glows violet, helium glows pink, and xenon blue, but often the term “neon light” is used to refer to any glowing sign ...

Hong Kong was once world famous for its neon-light shop signs but many old masters took their secrets to the grave -- now a generation of tech-savvy, globally connected young artists are trying to ...