signs

designs on food and drink

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I’ve always been attracted to exotic signs and designs on labels and other forms of advertising – for example my previous post on Icons and signs focusses on exotic femininity and “others”. Here are some images I’ve taken recently. The first is of bottle of saké seen in London’s Soho. It is not label but … Read more

Which Way?

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I took this abstract the other day; I was drawn to the blue arrow but also liked the painterly splatters, the reflected facades and the streak of text: Here are some other pictures I’ve taken featuring arrows and directions:   So on average, it seems like we’re supposed to be going right … But don’t … Read more

Representations of Gender, Age and Identity in Graffiti and Illustration

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I love this stencil graffiti I saw years ago in Venice. I assume the figure on the left is male and adult, running (and leading?) the figure on the right, who I assume to be female … mainly because of a triangle at the side of her head which suggests long hair and a trapezoid … Read more