Dixon’s ghost sign and “small town decay”

(photography by *julia)

collection of photos of “Communist May Day Celebrations”

(above photograph by James Whitmore via Aqua-Velvet, found in LIFE photo archives)

Sun ‘N Sand Motel, vintage sign off Route 66

(photography by TooMuchFire)

40 sad, quiet photographs of shuttered record stores

(above photograph by Jeff Msangi via buzzfeed)

handmade signs at the Sanity and / or Fear Rally, photographed by Annie Colbert
(via Enchantment Facebook page)

photos from an in progress MOMA mural on Mulberry street
(hand-painted by colossal media)

The 5,000,000,000 photo uploaded to Flickr
(photo by Aaron Yeo via Flickr Blog)

photos from “Appetite: A Reciprocal Relationship between Food & Design” exhibit, curated by Alexander Tochilovsky

I happily just discovered the blog ChicagoType: An Ongoing Project Documenting Interesting Typography in Chicago. All of the photographs are shot by Shawn Hazen.

(above photos of The Lido sign and Block Electric)

vintage Sno-White signage
(via Corey Miller)

an unfortunate arrangement of letters
(photo via Reference Library)

“Squared circle milestone” via Flickr Blog

“Octopus’ Garden” photo by Todd Klassy on flickr

The authors of Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York “re-imagined” an Eames chair which is currently on auction on eBay. This is just one of 20 designs included in the Eames Inspiration auction curated by Billi Kid and Luna Park.

“A unique collection of iconic Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chairs, as re-imagined by some of today’s most celebrated graffiti and street artists, will be featured in Barneys New York windows…and auctioned online May 11th through June 1st.”
—Operation Design

(first discovered via Brooklyn Street Art)

“Subway Etiquette” posters
(via ANIMAL)