The history of the Hollywood sign, from public nuisance to symbol of stardom
Every year at the Oscars, the cameras pan to the famed Hollywood sign and its bold white letters.Ask someone today what the sign symbolises, and…
Category: History
The oldest registered trademark.
The earliest known trademark in the UK is said to be the Bass Ale triangle, depicted on beer bottles in the 1882 painting by French…
250 Ghost Signs Come To Life In A Hauntingly Beautiful New Book
Ghost signs: once the preserve of the knowing flaneur — now something many Londoners look for whenever they’re on an unfamiliar street. Sam Roberts is…
A Chislehurst auction has seen world-wide bidding for a host of London street signs, with a sign from London’s Abbey Road selling for more than £37,000.
The plaque from the street that is home to the famous recording studios, and featured on a Beatles album cover, smashed expectations at the sale.…
Prints by Margaret Calvert celebrate the iconic status of British Road Signs
British artist Patrick Murphy, the person behind the much-celebrated British Road Sign Project, has today launched a very special set of screenprints, produced in collaboration with…
The infamous sign of the Auschwitz concentration camp was once stolen by a group of Men hoping to sell it to the highest bidder?
A Polish judge jailed a Swedish man for two years and eight months for plotting the theft of the “Arbeit macht frei” Auschwitz entrance sign.…
