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January 30, 2008

Glasgow Toile by Timorous Beasties

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Glasgow Toile by Timorous Beasties

Scottish firm Timorous Beasties has created some amazing wallpapers and textiles, including toile patterns of Glasgow [pictured] and London.

January 27, 2008

Ghost of a Ghost Sign

Filed under: cincinnati — by visualingual @ 9:41 pm
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ghost of ghost sign

This sign is on Sycamore St. in downtown Cincinnati. I have no idea what it said, or what the building was in its past.

January 26, 2008

Stopping for Directions by peanutbutterandyelly

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Stopping for Directions

Stopping for Directions is an ink and marker drawing on an atlas page by Cincinnati-based Etsy seller peanutbutterandyelly.

January 23, 2008

Quaker Oats Ghost Sign

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Quaker Oats ghost sign

This ghost sign for Quaker Oats is on the side of a building on Main St. in downtown Cincinnati, but it basically faces Arnold’s on 8th St. I’ve always really liked the “Q” in this logo.

January 21, 2008

Time to Rest by apak

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Time to Rest by apak

Etsy seller apak offers tons of sweet, quirky Giclee prints, including several that feature very bizarre architecture, such as this one, entitled Time to Rest. Do you see an upside-down udder, or is it just me?

January 20, 2008

Smitty’s in OTR

Filed under: cincinnati — by visualingual @ 8:56 am
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Smitty\'s in OTR
Smitty\'s in OTR

Smitty’s on Vine St. in Over-the-Rhine is a veritable assault on the senses, just an amazing cacophony of signage, like our very own Times Square.

January 19, 2008

The States by Frank Chimero

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Kansas by Frank Chimero

Illustrator Frank Chimero is working on a series of images depicting each state in the USA. Pictured is his version of Kansas. His project-in-progress is on Flickr.

January 10, 2008

SCPA Crane

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SCPA Crane

This is the now-ubiquitous SCPA crane in Over-the-Rhine.

January 6, 2008

Ork Posters

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Chicago by Ork Posters

Ork Posters offers typographic posters of different US cities, including Chicago [pictured], Boston, and San Francisco, and the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.

January 5, 2008

Tile at The Chong Inc.

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tile at The Chong Inc.

The Chong Inc. on Race St. downtown is where you go if you want to look flyyyyy… Or, if you have a thing for patterned tile, like I do.

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