Showing posts with label white oaks mall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label white oaks mall. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Buckle

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Buckle
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008

Monday, June 23, 2008

Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen

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Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008

Friday, June 20, 2008

Macy's

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Macy's
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008

Sears

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Sears
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Master Cuts

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Master Cuts
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008


Not all the negative signage in White Oaks Mall was bad. This sign was perfectly fine.

Utterback Lighting

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Utterback Lighting
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008


This was probably the weakest example of negative space signage I have found thus far.

Ironically enough, the sign is for a lighting store.

In the second picture, you can see a string of red LED lights that encircle the sign's lettering.

Unfortunately, given the weakness of the lights, the black background and the brightness of the mall, nothing approaching a halo registers.

Gloria Jean's Coffees

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Gloria Jean's Coffees
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008


This was another White Oaks Mall sign that wasn't very effective. A few measly LED lights that barely register.

Metro Nail & Spa

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Metro Nail & Spa
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008


A lot of the negative space signage I saw at White Oaks Mall in Springfield didn't look so good.

In the case of this sign, the LED lights didn't provide enough illumination to offset the brightness of the mall's well-lit environment. Also, the surface the sign was set against was reflective, which instead of providing a glow revealed each individual light.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Tux

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Tux
2501 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704
Taken by Splotchy 05/25/2008


When I was in Springfield last month, I decided to head over to White Oaks, the city's lone indoor mall, to see what kind of negative space signage they had.

Tim had photographed the exterior of the mall back in March for his Bergner's picture.

There turned out to be quite a bit of negative space signage, though I wasn't fond of how a lot of it was executed.

I'll be labeling all White Oaks pics so they can be viewed as a group.