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Dinners Cancelled Until September

LB — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:26:07 +0000

Sign seen today in Pouce Coupe, near Dawson Creek, B.C., with my friend Brian.

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Push for free hat

LB — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:49:13 +0000

This reminds me of Irish comedian Dylan Moran at the Edinburgh Festival in the 90s, before he was famous. Semi-famous. He was decoding the emergency exit signs in the theatre: “First: cut off hands and feet, then head down stairs.”

Apologies to creator and photographer whose identities are now lost in time.

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NYC haiku traffic signs

LB — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:41:50 +0000

New York City’s Dept of Transportation commissioned artist James Morse to produce these lateral, funny, thought-provoking haiku signs. They are designed to alert pedestrians, cyclists and drivers to the unexpected on the road.

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Application to the City of Vancouver to develop an abysmal chasm for purposes of facilitating public reverie

LB — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:32:53 +0000

“Application to the City of Vancouver to develop an abysmal chasm for purposes of facilitating public reverie, contemplation and longing.” Makes me laugh every time I look at it. By my friend & Vancouver artist Aaron Carpenter.

Do you know what this is?

LB — Thu, 20 May 2010 05:43:49 +0000

¡Guess! These are all over Mexico. Click photo to find out.

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The Tresure Chest (sic) is empty

LB — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:05:13 +0000

Apologies for my continuing semi-absence from this blog. I appreciate your patience and I thought you might enjoy this sign from one of the crafts stalls at the Ferry terminal between Vancouver and Victoria.

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Typography over at the Russian People’s Home

LB — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:54:56 +0000

The Russian Hall, formerly the Russian People’s Home, consistently produces typography so clear, so straightforward, so capitalized it is a manifesto in itself, design or political. This what happens when you try to produce design degree zero: the more you eschew style, the more you achieve it.

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You don’t have to come here.

LB — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:45:09 +0000

The politest “No Entry” sign ever written. I photographed it in Korea many years ago.

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Scream until Daddy stops the car.

LB — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:46:30 +0000

From here.

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So not true.

LB — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:56:51 +0000

A few blocks from my studio. When the building was painted, the painters preserved the graffiti by boxing it in. Now it has a white room of its own.

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