Monday, March 31, 2008

Hanging Gardens Banquet Rooms

Click pic for larger image



Hanging Gardens Banquet Rooms
8301 Belmont Ave
River Grove, IL 60171
Taken by Splotchy 03/24/2008


Just a hint of negative space signage on the HG.

Bunker Hill Community College

Click pic for larger image

Bunker Hill Community College
250 Rutherford Ave
Charlestown, MA 02129
Photographed by Thornton on 03/28/2008

Carnitas El Paisa

Click pic for larger image



Carnitas El Paisa
3529 W Fullerton Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
Taken by Splotchy 03/24/2008



There have been a couple occasions where I have come across signage that attempts to use negative space, but doesn't achieve the intended aesthetic effect.

Early on I took a picture of the Calphalon Culinary Center on West Washington in Chicago, which had some nice blue backlighting, but wasn't bright enough for me to include on this blog. It just seemed too faint to me, I guess.

I am deciding today that even if a sign is not a shining example of negative space signage, I'm still going to include it, if there was an intent of the signmaker to make use of negative space. So, look forward to a picture of Caphalon in the near future.

For this post we look at the sign of the restaurant Carnitas El Paisa. It really doesn't display as your classic negative space sign, but there definitely was an attempt to make it one.

The second picture shows the neon tubing concealed behind the sign's letters.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Zanzibar

Click pic for larger image

Click pic for larger image


Zanzibar
524 N Lamar Blvd # 104
Austin, TX 78703
Non-rainy photo taken by Freida Bee on 03/22/08.
Drive-by picture in rain taken by Freida Bee on 02/15/08.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

One Kendall Square

Click pic for larger image

ONE KENDALL SQUARE
One Kendall Square
Cambridge, Ma 02139
Photographed by Thornton on 03/28/2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

Brandt

Click pic for larger image

Brandt
2935 S. Koke Mill Rd.
Springfield, IL 62711
Taken by Tim on 03/21/2008

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Allders

Click pic for larger image

Allders (viewed from George St)
2 North End
Croydon
CR9 1SB
Taken by PJ 03/13/2008

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Red Ivy

Click pic for larger image

Red Ivy
3525 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60657
Taken by Splotchy 03/24/2008


This one was kinda nifty. None of the letters had any lighting, but there was a leaf as part of the sign that had a red backlight.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

ISPFCU

Click pic for larger image

ISPFCU
730 Engineering Ave
Springfield, IL 62703
Taken by Tim on 03/21/2008

Underwear

Click pic for larger image


Underwear
916 B West 12th St.
Austin, TX 78703
Taken by Freida Bee 03/22/08

Fetish

Click pic for larger image


Fetish
1112 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78703
Taken by Freida Bee 03/22/08

Sunday, March 23, 2008

First Church Of God

Click pic for larger image


Just a smidgen of negative space signage can be found on the sign for the church, which is nothing compared to the stark use of negative space on the church itself.

Click pic for larger image

First Church Of God
2800 Stevenson Dr
Springfield, IL 62703

Sign photo taken by Splotchy on 03/21/2008
Cross photo taken by Tim on 03/21/2008

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Whitgift Centre

Click pic for larger image

The Whitgift Centre
Croydon
CR0 1LP
Taken by PJ 03/13/2008

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Office Shoes

Click pic for larger image

Office Shoes
80-84 North End
Croydon
Taken by PJ 03/13/2008

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Vic's Classic Italian Steakhouse

Click pic for larger image

A free-standing sign in the parking lot


Sign on the restaurant

Vic's Classic Italian Steakhouse
17W400 22nd Street
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Taken by Splotchy 02/23/2008

Monday, March 17, 2008

Osim

Click pic for larger image

Osim
Centrale Shopping Centre
North End
Croydon
CR0 1TY
Taken by PJ 03/13/2008

Friday, March 14, 2008

Lounge 34

Click pic for larger image


Lounge 34
34 Lower Marsh
Waterloo
London SE1 7RG
Taken by PJ 03/11/2008

American Laser Centers

Click pic for larger image

American Laser Centers
2828 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60657
Taken by Splotchy 03/04/2008

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Weight Watchers

Click pic for larger image

Weight Watchers
2828 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60657
Taken by Splotchy 03/04/2008

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

L.A. Tan

Click pic for larger image

L.A. Tan
2828 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60657
Taken by Splotchy 03/04/2008

Monday, March 10, 2008

Clearlink

Click pic for larger image

Clearlink
621 W Diversey Pkwy
Chicago, IL 60614
Taken by Splotchy 03/04/2008

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Aladdin's Eatery

Click pic for larger image

Aladdin's Eatery
614 W Diversey Pkwy
Chicago, IL 60614
Taken by Splotchy 03/04/2008


Another tasteful mix of normal and negative signage.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Spaghetti House

Click pic for larger image

Spaghetti House
3 Bressenden Place
Victoria
London, SW1
Taken by PJ 02/16/2008

Fulton's On The River

Click pic for larger image

Fulton's On The River
315 N La Salle Dr
Chicago, IL 60610
Taken by Splotchy 02/09/2008

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Denney Jewelers

Click pic for larger image

Denney Jewelers
2901 West Wabash Ave.
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Tim 03/02/2008

Walgreens

Click pic for larger image


Walgreens
2205 W 22nd St
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Taken by Splotchy 02/23/2008

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

General Communications

Click pic for larger image

General Communications
2745 South Veterans Pkwy
Springfield, IL 62702
Taken by Tim 03/02/2008

Mega Mortgage

Click pic for larger image

Mega Mortgage
5150 W Belmont Ave # 1
Chicago, IL 60641
Taken by Splotchy 02/16/2008


Another mixture of signage. The green M's are the more traditional plastic translucent plastic, the black letters are opaque, and the entire thing is halo lit.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Costco

Click pic for larger image

Costco
1901 W 22nd St # 2
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Taken by Splotchy 02/23/2008

Bergner's

Click pic for larger image

Bergner's
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Tim 03/02/2008