Signs

Sign Placement, originally uploaded by juggernautco. As a writer, I’ve always been interested in "the moment"– the absolute time that something happens, or changes. These signs were placed in this moment. Big deal? nah. But it was the moment.

Signage of the 80s, originally uploaded by juggernautco. I like the archeology of design. I like to guess what year a business was started based on their logo, or the font in their letterhead, and so on. When I was recently taking pics of storm damage by the lakefront, I came in contact with a…

Signs of the Times, Logan Square, Chicago, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Here’s a great sign of the times. This condo sign on Logan Boulevard always intrigued me. There was no attempt to multi-culturalize it– they went straight for the white male id gusto. Hot dyed blonde with obscured ring finger bends over the kitchen counter.…

Natiopnal Survey Service, Inc: Engineers and Surveyors, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Here’s my recent contribution to the Faded Signage Pool over at Flickr. I love this stuff. Here’s all my photos in the pool.

I very much admire this guy. He pastes blocks of paper together to form advertising. He works in the advertising industry. I could never do his job.