Almost Architecture
A short interactive film about high-rise signs in Montréal.
Logo Cities Papers
A selection of presentations from the Logo Cities Symposium (Montréal, May 4-5, 2007). UPDATE: Papers by Russotti and Straw added 3/7/07. 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 - Media Coverage
- Review of Project on Urbanphoto
- Review of the Symposium in Concordia Journal
- Article in La Presse
- Matt attempts to explain the Logo Cities project (video blog)
- Article in The Gazette
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. (This is the original Logo Cities website.)
Signs and the Law
A series of notes tracking changes in Montréal's bylaws as they pertain to signage, (1890-2001).
Sign Stories
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
CITY STARS - A Comic by Grant Collins
One research assistant, one city, many highrise logos. Mr. Collins tells his story with humor and creative flair. Click right here.
HELVETICA
The Québec premiere of Helvetica was held on Saturday May 5, 2007 at Concordia University. We had a great turn out. Thanks to Gary Hustwit for joining us. And - props to the Arial Crew for daring to show up; they even won one of the signed posters. Lots of pics here.
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
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