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Category Archives: Signs

Step On Signs

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on May 2, 2014

Sometimes, the road is the most effective place to put signs.

Japan, Signs illustrated sign, Tokyo

Cycling Commandment

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on May 1, 2014

Thou shalt not cycle with umbrella

Japan, Signs, Transport bicycle, commandment, illustrated sign, ordinance, rules, Tokyo

Mini Mart Typography

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on April 28, 2014

On one side

A sign in multicolored Japanese characters outside a small grocery store.

On the flip side

Japan, Signs, Typography grocery store, mini mart, Nihonggo, typography

Manners Campaign

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on April 24, 2014

I love the illustrated signs in Japan. At Tsuchiura train station they have this manners campaign poster and this is just one example of the many illustrated signs that are seen in public places.

Japan, Signs campaign, illustrated sign, JR, manners, station, Tokyo, train

Sweet Sales Pitch

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on April 18, 2014

Japan, Signs advertisement, confection, Jinglish, Tokyo

Scarecrow Wisdom

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on February 6, 2014

Beans and grains art to convey the wisdom of saving the world by planting mung beans

Art, Isabela, Signs, Wisdom Bambanti Festival, Ilagan, mung beans, munggo, scarecrow

Eats Illustration

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on November 21, 2013

The accompanying illustration of these food related signs has its own definition in local context.

Define comfort food

Define hole-in-the-wall

Define nostalgia

Art, Negros Occidental, Signs, Typography Bacolod, City Lunch, El Ideal, illustration, Luisa Fried Chicken

Typography: Nagapamakal

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on November 1, 2013

We buy gold/silver watch, necklace, bracelet, ring, earings......

Negros Occidental, Signs, Typography Bacolod, jewelry buying

Typography: Shoe Repair

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 29, 2013

Negros Occidental, Signs, Typography Bacolod, leathercraft, shoe repair

Mantika Po Eto

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 27, 2013

The weather of Tagaytay City is cold enough to solidify the cooking oil inside the reused Ginebra gin bottle.

Cavite, Signs cooking oil, gin bottle, mantika, Tagaytay

Penchant for D’

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 22, 2013

Must be a Filipino thing to replace “the” with d’

D' Optical Clinic

D'Outlets

D' Cafe

Da best is this one that sells lechon manok and liempo in D' Bakeshop

D' Original as what this Lapid chicharon pouch says

Pinoy Way of Life, Signs Filipino thing, signage

Barangay

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 21, 2013

Forthcoming is the barangay election thus campaign posters have sprouted in the villages all over the country. A government unit that operates at the people level is the barangay so this must be (should be) the most important government unit. I like the thought that this political unit exists prior to the arrival of Spaniards, hence it’s a Malay heritage with no bad memories as compared to those gobernadorcillo-headed pueblos and much bigger political units headed by alcade mayor and so on.