#StreetSigns

2025-11-13
When Worlds Accidentally Collide

Sometimes you see something that just makes you smile — that quiet “well, look at that…” moment. While walking through the city center of Arnhem, I noticed two entirely unrelated things that, from the right perspective, told a story together.

On the side of a building was a statue of a woman — hands in her hair, expression frozen somewhere between shock and amazement. But nearby, a street sign had clearly taken a hit and was now bent at a rather unfortunate angle. From where I stood, it looked as if she was reacting exactly to that.

Moments like this are the reward for looking twice. I took out my Canon 5D Mark IV with the Sigma 100–400, framed the scene just right, and captured that perfect visual coincidence. It’s not the kind of image that shouts — but it does make you grin when you notice the connection.

Photography, after all, isn’t always about light or motion. Sometimes it’s about timing, perspective, and the quiet humor of the world arranging itself for a fraction of a second.

#StreetPhotography #UrbanObservation #DocumentaryPhotography #VisualIrony #CoincidenceInArt #PhotographyHumor #CityPhotography #Arnhem #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #StreetDetails #FoundComposition #ArtInEverydayLife #UrbanArt #ObservationalPhotography #ComedicComposition #DutchPhotography #Netherlands #StoryInAFrame #PhotographersEye #MomentInTime #UrbanExploration #StreetStatue #StreetSigns #PhotoHumor #AccidentalArt #CityStories #PhotographyLife #PhotoOfTheDay #SeeingDifferently #StreetScenes #EverydayStories #UrbanPerspective #CandidMoments #LightAndLife #ArchitectureAndArt #PhotographyStudy #FieldObservation #VisualStorytelling #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography
Sam at BLAGblag@typo.social
2025-10-07

"The CLÓSCAPE project focuses on the use of the cló gaelach in the Irish Streetscape, specifically on historic street signs in Dublin, and seeks to preserve a digital record of the signage for preservation and research. In this talk, Nicole Volmering* addresses the history of the font, the signage and the work of the project."

signdesignsociety.co.uk/event/

*Nicole's project page: nicolevolmering.ie/closcape/

#Signs #Type #StreetSigns #Dublin #Ireland

Mike Raineybones@pixey.org
2025-09-20
Square (noun): In New England, any shape with more than four sides and zero right angles. #davissquare #streetsigns #geometry #massachusetts #greaterboston #bostonmetro
Photo of a street sign near Davis Square featuring a graphical overhead view of the intersection, with six streets converging at various angles.
2025-08-22
August 16, 2025. Oulu, Finland. Nikon D780, AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G. Stylistic processing.

Kinda gruesome 'n stuff.

#photo #oulu #finland #nikon #nikond780 #blackandwhite #streetsigns #urbanscenery #cityscenery
Distressed white pedestrian icons of an adult and child on black asphalt. The paint is worn, with the legs of both figures and part of the adult missing.
2025-08-19

Love the new graphics on the sign at Parsonage, but I will admit I did love the Stan Thompson Auto Upholstery sign. It was a classic. #yyj #victoriabc #streetsigns

2025-08-19

Spiderboard somwhere in Jayanagar

#StreetSigns #bengaluru

Photo of the facade of a building with the letters "Arachne" on it, the background of the letter is an undulating mesh/web kinda image. below the english letters, the same is written in kannada aplphabet. the web is red on top, pale grey below, and the letters are stencilled. the wall underneath the letters is chipped, flaky.
2025-08-16

SILive: QR codes on NYC ceremonial street signs: New bill would create digital archive of honorees. “On Friday, Councilmember Kamillah Hanks, a Democrat who represents the North Shore, introduced legislation that would require the city to generate and install QR codes on all ceremonial street sign poles throughout New York City.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/16/qr-codes-on-nyc-ceremonial-street-signs-new-bill-would-create-digital-archive-of-honorees-silive/

Stanleyfontsstanleyfonts
2025-07-24

New Irish Font Club post on the origins of the Comharta font and local Irish street signs in general.

dominicstanley.substack.com/p/

Sam at BLAGblag@typo.social
2025-07-21

@ashur 'Be Wise, Advertise'.

These made me think of the story in BLAG 06 (bl.ag/06) about Nelson Stefanelli and his DIY street signs in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

The city had none before, so he started doing them in retirement, completely self-taught and with his own technique for templating the lettering efficiently.

Eventually, people were paying him to put them up on their streets and he has now done more than 15,000 signs.

#SignPainting #RibeirãoPreto #StreetSigns #DIY

Three directional signs fixed to a wooden pylon with clear blue sky behind. They are painted with black block lettering on white and read "Acai", "Rua Walter Pollon", and "Cemiterio Bom Pastor" respectively.
Michael Fenicheldrmike
2025-07-12

A lucky address? (Seen on an increasingly rare visit to "X")

x.com/ThatEricAlper/status/194

Photo of a street sign showing the intersection of 2 streets:
EMERSON LAKE, & PALMER
Ashwin Dixitpurrperl
2025-05-27

I am an old man from the 1900s.
In my day, street signs didn't mention drugs and sex so openly.

Photo of a street sign that reads: "SPEED HUMP"

The background is that of the branches and leaves of a tree against the sky.
2025-05-04

Another person looking for the same lost ring in the Finnieston area of Glasgow, and this time they're offering a reward! This is on Argyle Street by the Brass Monkey.

#glasgow #lordoftherings #sauron #finnieston #streetart #keepglasgowweird #glasgowstreeetart #streetsigns

A flyer for a lost ring which reads Reward Offered. I have misplaced a gold ring which has a lot of sentimental value to me as I forged it myself in the the fires of Mount Doom. I need it to rule all the other ring of  Middle Earth. If you have anyinformation about where it might be, please call Sauron on Mordor 2397.

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