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It would be hard to go even a day without seeing a sign. Whether we're driving to work, going to a restaurant, or just taking a hike in the forest, there's probably some information put up about a closed street, staff vacancies, or animals we might encounter.
However, not all signs are created equal. While many are simple and to the point, others end up being funny, strange, or downright confusing, and the appropriately titled Facebook group 'Signs' has them all!
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
You'd be amazed. There's a court case going on in England at the moment, trying to get a pig farm closed down because it's smelly and noisy. (The farm was already there when the complainant bought the house)
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Signs are so different in part because each of them has a little bit of the person who made it. They're like artworks displayed in a gallery. Only instead of the Met, this exhibition sprawls across our neighborhoods.
Signwriters' work is "often ephemeral and sometimes beautiful, their subjects the stuff of daily life: cars and bikes, beer and bread, groceries, sport, religion, clubs," writer Nick Gadd said.
"The urban and suburban visual landscapes were created by signwriters working quietly under the radar, coming and going with their ladders, hardly ever known to the general public."
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I stood there for 30 minutes - NOTHING
Signwriters work on all surfaces: bricks, glass, plastic, wood, banners, fiberglass—the list goes on. The ones we see on windows are done in reverse, by painting on the inside, and taking into account the distortion caused by refraction.
However, their pieces can quickly disappear. "You can’t get too attached to ’em, they might not be there next week!" Australian signwriter Terry 'Moose' McGowan told Gadd.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
What I want to know is who else sang it in their heads.
In that regard, Moose and other signwriters whose works we see on this list are like Tibetan Buddhists working on sand mandalas.
Despite their meticulous efforts, both forms of expression are temporary, serving as reminders of the fleeting nature of things.
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Raymond Smith 1 year ago
That's why there is a fence, everyone is dying to get in. And do you know how many dead people are buried there? Hopefully all of them.
Adrian Geach, who has been a signwriter since 1980, told Bored Panda for our earlier exclusive list of clever and funny signs that "a good sign should be eye-catching, easy to understand and not too wordy with enough negative space around the text or logo, and have a good color scheme."
Adrian has been successfully involved in all areas of signage and graphics for decades, but not that long ago, he went back to his roots and now concentrates on traditional signwriting.
With the current resurgence of interest in signwriting and hand-rendered work, he utilizes his skills to offer clients a more personal, unique, environmentally friendly, and organic signage solution using old-fashioned materials and techniques.
"A sign might only be looked at for a few seconds, so it needs to leave an impression within this time frame, hence the 'less is more' approach," he said.
"There are many factors to take into account when designing a sign, but the most important thing is to make sure it doesn't get lost in its surroundings," Geach added.
A bad sign, according to him, has too much lettering, not enough space around or in between text and logos, and bad color choices. Can you spot any in the pictures?
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keyboardtek 1 year ago
I always find it inconsiderate when a business has a double entrance door and only one side opens.
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𝙻𝚞𝚗𝚊⋆𝚝𝚑𝚎⋆𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 1 year ago
MY FRIEND LOOKED OVER MY SHOULDER AND SHE’S DIRY MINDED OH NOO PRAY FOR ME GUYS!
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flower petals 1 year ago
If you haven’t read this before, it might blow your mind: if you look at the beak of a duck, it kinda looks like a dog’s head! Once you’ve seen it, it’s hard to unsee..
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Don Golosso 1 year ago
I'm a bit scared to go to the minister, might have to do with the entrance in the back...
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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
Hey, if I want to park on top of somebody's else's car that's my business. Now let me just set up the ramp.
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The.Butterfly.Effect.530 1 year ago
What about top secret national defense classified documents? No? Only, in Florida, gotcha.
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Book Nerd (she/her) 1 year ago
I bet that people would swim in that if they didn’t put up that sign. There’s probably still idiots who try to swim in it even with the sign
Kat 1 year ago
That’s why there’s a sign, some idiot, tried it!, lol probably just being funny
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keyboardtek 1 year ago
Oops! I started to fill the tub and then walked away and forgot about it.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
The fact that they needed to put up this sign makes me sigh with disdain.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
Don't be too sad. It's probably 20 times normal flow, and yet even at a much tamer flow rate, it's probably still surprisingly dangerous.
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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Guessing there's a story behind this one too... The title is "the person with no common sense"
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Apachebathmat 1 year ago
Cue a very long line of British and Canadian people just stuck in an endless line of confusion, unable to take a step
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Joey Marlin 1 year ago
How does a sign break the fourth wall? Thought that was an actor acknowledging the audience??? I've a thumping headache which I hope is the reason why I'm not getting it!! Explanations welcome...
Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago
Where's the "signs that are unintentionally dirty" option on the poll?
Joey Marlin 1 year ago
How does a sign break the fourth wall? Thought that was an actor acknowledging the audience??? I've a thumping headache which I hope is the reason why I'm not getting it!! Explanations welcome...
Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago
Where's the "signs that are unintentionally dirty" option on the poll?
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