Neon Signage

ネオンサイン / 1912–1990s / revival / Style / Signage and Display

The commercial sign style of bent glass tubes glowing as letters and pictures. Hong Kong's street-spanning character signs and Las Vegas's escalating light wars built each city's nighttime visual language.

Lines of bent glass tube / Glowing letters on the night sky / Signs projecting over the road / Blinking and chasing motion

Neon Signage — 香港・士丹利街のネオン（CC BY 2.0）Neon Signage — 九龍・廟街のネオン（CC BY 2.0）Neon Signage — 香港の夜景（CC0）
香港・士丹利街のネオン（CC BY 2.0） ／ 九龍・廟街のネオン（CC BY 2.0） ／ 香港の夜景（CC0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Hong Kong's neon masters / the Neon Museum, Las Vegas / LED replacement and preservation

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