Princeton Architectural Press | ISBN:1616890835 | File Type: PDF, 176 pages | File size: 62.Mb | Nov. 1st, 2012
Advertising Promotion: There was a time as recently as the 1980s when storefronts murals banners barn signs billboards and even street signs were all hand lettered with brush and paint But like many skilled trades the sign industry has been overrun by the techno fueled promise of quicker and cheaper The resting proliferation of computer designed die cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our visual landscape Fortunately there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade In 2010 filmmakers Faythe Levine coauthor of Handmade Nation and Sam Macon began documenting these dedicated practitioners their time honored methods and their appreciation for quality and craftsmanship Sign ainters the first anecdotal history of the craft features stories and photographs of more than two dozen sign painters working in cities throughout the United States
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