Contact
Inquiries about thew Logo Cities project can be directed to Matt Soar.
Almost Architecture
A short interactive film about high-rise signs in Montréal.
Signs and the Law
A series of notes tracking changes in Montréal's bylaws as they pertain to signage, (1890-2001).
City Stars - A Comic by Grant Collins
One research assistant, one city, many highrise logos. Mr. Collins tells his story with humour and creative flair. Click right here.
Logo Cities Symposium Papers
A selection of presentations from the Logo Cities Symposium (Montréal, May 4-5, 2007). All papers copyright their respective owners. Click below for pdfs.
- John Armstrong & Paul Collins (Toronto and Paris) Painting in Public: An illustrated overview of collective and individual artwork
- Laurie Churchman (University of Pennsylvania) TYPE AHOY: Technology, perception, and originality in boat graphics
- Alessandro Colizzi (L'Université du Québec à Montréal) A Local Idiom from the Netherlands: Bruin Café Lettering in Amsterdam
- David De Benedetto (Red Dye Studio, NYC) Typographic Historiography: Ideology and the cinematic assumptions of future urban signage
- Michael Golec (Iowa State University) "Enjoy Coca-Cola," the Discourse of the Other, and Lacan in an American City
- Louis-Charles Lasnier (Atelier Louis-Charles Lasnier, Montréal) Signalisation intérieure, Nouvelle gare d’autocars de Montréal
- Maroussia Lévesque and Jason Lewis (Concordia University) Cityspeak
- Karen Lewis (University of Kentucky) Yellowtown: The aesthetics of poverty, the graphic design of urgency
- Nancy Marrelli (Concordia University) The Evolution of Concordia University Logos and Signage
- Ann McDonald (Northeastern University) Whose Skyline? Public private light, sign as sensor and node
- Joey Medaglia (Ryerson University) Explorations in Deconstruction/ Reconstruction
- Tom Russotti (Rutgers University) Brooklyn Storefronts and Signs
- Will Straw (McGill University) Letters of Introduction: Film credits and cityscapes
Logo Cities: Montréal
An interactive inventory of highrise logos on the contemporary Montréal skyline. Four panoramas; day and night views; design and installation details for many prominent logos. The skyline has already changed since this piece was created in 2007.
Sign Stories (mp3s)
A collection of stories about signs, contributed by members of the public. With thanks to all our contributors. (The phoneline is now closed.)
- Lost signs: The Alouette
- A signmaker's favourite sign
- Hydro-Québec et la crise du verglas de 1998
- La tour Radio-Canada - d'un avion
- Encountering the Simchas and their sign
- Becoming a graphic designer: The CN Tower, Edmonton
- After class
- The moon
- The cross and the pitchfork
- Mazda, Mazda, Mazda!
- Bessie and Albert
- The moon too
- The tattoo
- 25 hours
- What you can do
- Everybody's electrified
- The moon, part 3 (!)
- Spiderbob Santapants
- Shalom Street
- Missed exits
- St James Church
Recent articles
Recent Articles- WTC Logo Preservation Project
- Type Nesting
- Museum of Letters (Berlin)
- Sign manufacture
- Is that....? (Yup.)
- Enseignes Montréal Signs
- The Saga of Elsie and Elmer
- America Is F*cked.......(Graphically at least)
- The Guaranteed Milk Bottle sign
- 'The Process' - How not to design a Stop sign
- AP article on American Sign Museum
- Ghost Signs of Hamilton
- Signs and National Ideologies
- Media Architecture Conference: The Impact of Building Integrated Large Scale Displays on Urbanism and Architecture (London, Sept. 11-12, 2007)
- Almost Architecture: A Film about High-Rise Signs in Montréal
Links
- Canada: Illegal Signs
- Canada: Mistral in Montréal
- Canada: Save the Farine Five Roses sign
- Canada: Urbanphoto
- Canada: Spacing magazine
- Canada: Visible City Project
- England: Public Lettering: A walk in central London
- England: Spoof Signs
- France: Vernacular lettering
- Hungary: Road markings gone awry
- India: The Typocity project
- USA: Helvetica: A film by Gary Hustwit
- USA: PJ Chmiel's Monumental Roadside Signs
- The Neon Bone Yard, Las Vegas
- World: Examples of public lettering
Licensing
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