Topic: Signs
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Promising Film Trailer of the Day: 'Sign Painters'
A city is only as good as its signs.
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App of the Day: A Global Map of Old Signs
Check out the unusual typography all around you.
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Optical Illusions That Make Street Signs 'Invisible'
This is quite an elaborate way to avoid parking tickets.
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Why People Still Post Front Yard Campaign Signs
Is there a more retro feature of American electoral politics, and why hasn't it died out yet?
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In New York, a 50-Foot-Tall Sign Made From Other, Salvaged Signs
Artist Tom Fruin, who works with materials like crushed beer cans and drug bags, created this recycled wonder for a new hotel in Williamsburg.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Baltimore Orioles Ban Naked Batman 'For Life'
Also, a Florida town outlaws nightclubs and a skating rink that could possibly be used for illicit dancing, and more.
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Fields of Glowing, Green Grass Grow in Madrid
Radioactive Man would be happy to mow this luminous turf, an artistic statement against light pollution.
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The Sandwich Board Makes a Comeback
Often banned by municipalities for safety reasons, simple A-frame sidewalk signs should be allowed to return, within reason.
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The Surprisingly Complex Art of Urban Wayfinding
Why some signs help you get where you're going while others get you lost.
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Removing Signals and Signs from Intersections Just Might Make Us Safer
The Shared Spaces theory has started to catch on in Europe, but will Americans ever buy it?
