Signs Of The Times

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• GOOD Blog

  

  Sign, Cosign

  Paul Schmelzer is one innovative autograph hound. Rather than collecting a list of scribbled celebrity monikers, he requests that celebrities sign...

  by Patrick James +

• GOOD Blog

  

  Sign Here, Bike There

  While we've never said that bicycles cars, we do believe that they should at least have space on our roads. To that end, we were excited to see a...

  by Jason Jude Chan +

• Design

  

  Sign Language

  Jules Vernacular is a lovely French picture blog that celebrates fantastic found typography in all its antiquated urban glory. Via Coudal..

  by Patrick James +

• News

  

  The 50 Best Protest Signs of 2009

  Ironic protest signs. So hot this year. Ranging from the insipid to the probably Photoshopped, Buzzfeed's list of 2009's 50 greatest protest signs...

  by Patrick James +

• News

  

  Signs of the Stimulus

  Have you noticed those signs—they usually appear along the freeway—indicating that some infrastructure repair or upgrade has been paid for by the...

  by Andrew Price 1

• Design

  

  Ignore This Sign...

  In our fourth graphic statement, Darius and Downey explore alternative signage

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

• News

  

  All Those "Signing Statements"? Ignore ’Em.

  If you had a vigilant liberal in your life during the past eight years, you probably heard about Bush's "signing statements." These were, in...

  by Andrew Price +

• Design

  

  A New Traffic Sign: "Take Turns"

  The inventor Gary Lauder unveiled this new idea at the TED conference: A traffic sign that instructs drivers to "take turns" at an intersection....

  by Andrew Price 2

• Education

  

  Warning Signs of Information Overload

  File this under what we expected was probably the case but didn't know for sure: Relentless bursts of information impede our ability to...

  by Amanda M. Fairbanks 4

• GOOD Blog

  

  Will You Sign Up for Meat-free Mondays?

  We've covered veg stuff on this site ad nauseam, so let's keep this brief. A new campaign is asking people to go vegetarian one day a week...

  by Siobhan O'Connor +

• Business

  

  Roadside Signs Become Pieces of Art

  The artist Josef Schulz's new series "Sign Out" features a collection of American roadside signs, but with the text digitally removed, creating a...

  by GOOD +

• News

  

  Obama Signs $858 Billion Tax Bill

  In a late vote Thursday night, the House approved a $858 billion tax bill. The President is expected to sign it Friday.

  by Theresa Avila +

• Design

  

  The Fake Freeway Sign that Became a Real Public Service

  An artist uses a freeway as his canvas, all in the name of public good. The freeway sign arrived in Los Angeles five days after I did. It...

  by Alissa Walker +

• Environment

  

  Borneo Under a Bad Sign: A Gulf-Size Environmental Disaster Looms

  Like many, I've been following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as if Grand Isle were my backyard. This widespread sense of personal frustration...

  by Ben Jervey +

• Cities

  

  Building a Temporary House from Homeless People's Cardboard Signs

  As part of the Sukkah City design contest, Rael San Fratello honors Jewish heritage and brings attention to homelessness.

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• Design

  

  Maybe We Should Have This Sign at TSA Checkpoints

  The designer Oleg Volk made this sign back in 2008, but he says it's getting a lot more attention now.

  by Andrew Price +

• Culture

  

  "No Smoking" Signs Actually Make Smokers Want Cigarettes More

  A new study says the image of a burning cigarette is quite appealing to your average smoker, even if that cigarette has a red line through it.

  by Cord Jefferson +

• Design

  

  Submissions: Take a Photo of Your Favorite Vintage Sign in L.A.

  We received almost 250 submissions for our latest Los Angeles project. Here are the top 15. Vote for your favorite by Friday at noon.

  by Alissa Walker +

• Environment

  

  Signs of the Enwhitenment: How Painting Rooftops Could Slow Climate Change

  Here's a stat that might blow your mind: "Painting 100 square feet of roof space white offsets the effect of one ton of CO2 emissions." So say a...

  by Zach Frechette +

• Cities

  

  Atlanta Street Artist Writes Poetry on Illegal "Bandit Signs"

  You know those illegal "bandit signs," the advertisements for English lessons or loans that people staple to phone polls in big cities? Well, in...

  by Andrew Price +