Podcasts about sign painters

Dans ce premier épisode, nous partons à la découverte du métier de peintre en lettres avec Victor Bert, artisan passionné qui perpétue un savoir-faire rare et minutieux. Comment ce métier ancestral, autrefois indispensable aux enseignes et publicités murales, a-t-il failli disparaître avant de renaître grâce à une nouvelle génération d'artisans ?Victor nous plonge dans l'histoire de la peinture en lettres, nous explique les spécificités de son travail et nous révèle les techniques qu'il utilise pour créer des typographies uniques à la main. Il partage aussi son regard sur l'évolution du métier et son lien avec la publicité et le design graphique.Au programme :L'histoire et l'évolution de la peinture en lettresLes outils et techniques du peintre en lettresLe renouveau de ce métier à l'ère du digitalUn épisode à ne pas manquer pour tous les curieux d'artisanat et de design typographique !Liens de l'épisode : Victor BertInstagramSiteHistoires d'ArtisansSiteInstagramRéférences : Dans cet épisode, Victor nous parle du documentaire Sign Painters : https://www.signpaintersfilm.com/#watchProduction et réalisation : Lisa MilletMontage et musiques : Quentin BlicSi vous avez envie de nous transmettre un message, vous pouvez nous écrire à podcast@histoiresdartisans.com.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Send us a textIn this short, bonus edition of YAP we spend time thinking about and playing with AI. Most designers state that AI will become the most powerful design tool of the decade, enabling them to mine the world's data, to find inspiration and to create better products and services. Designers who remember sign painters being replaced by naff vinyl sign printing machines see AI as a cut-price competitor rather than a tool.  ( Sign Painters  is a great -if niche- documentary) So,  how will the design profession evolve in the face of AI?In the spirit of exploration we  just asked AI... and we also wondered if we could use AI to create an entire episode of YAP.We also saw this experiment as a way to find tools that could help designers to build audio mock ups, or provocatypes; thought provoking artefacts that you don't want to spend too much time on, but which land better with the target audience if they have good production quality.   Let us know what you think of the episode and where you think that designers are under estimating the impact AI in the design process at the moment. To create this episode we used:Chat GPT to collate content. The tool gave us deeper case study content, but failed to really bring any new concepts to the table.Jelly Pod structured and create the podcast audio. Jelly Pod's text editor will really help designers looking to create audio provocatypes as its quick and easy to use.  The custom voices also make audio mock ups really compelling.Suno was used to create the new closing music. Its simple and even simple prompts generate quality outputs aligned with expectations.  Adobe Firefox to create the episode cover. This needed the most rework and lags behind tools like Mid-journey.Service Design YAP is developed and produced by the Service Design Network UK Chapter.Its aim is to engage and connect the wider Service Design community. Episode Host: Stephen Wood Production Assistance: Jean Watanya

Katie Honan talks with Aviram Cohen about his work supporting brothers Carlos and Miguel Cevallos as their hand-painted signs went from a secret of sorts to a sensation.

Chase and Timothy talk with Sam Macon about being in a hardcore band, his documentary Sign Painters, and filmmaking. Follow Sam: Instagram @sam_macon http://sam-macon.squarespace.com/ Follow: Customer Service Podcast on Instagram @customerservicepod Canoe Club on Instagram & YouTube @shopcanoeclub www.shopcanoeclub.com

The commercial signs of yesteryear, which were all painted by hand, offer a kind of beauty, personality, and longevity that today's industrial signs have been unable to duplicate. While exploring what's left of the old sign-painting traditions, we stumbled upon small but lively seeds of revival. "The New Sign Painters" originally appeared in Craftsmanship Quarterly, a multimedia, online magazine about artisans, innovators, and the architecture of excellence. You'll find many more stories, videos, audio recordings, and other resources on our site — all free of charge and free of advertising. Written by LAURA FRASER Introduction by CHRIS EGUSA Narrated by GÖRAN NORQUIST Produced by CHRIS EGUSA Music by MIKE SNOWDEN / BLUE DOT SESSIONS

Episode 10 shares the stories of Coney Island sign painters as well as artists and designers who've been inspired by Coney's celebrated signage, all taken from the Coney Island History Project's Oral History Archive. The Coney Island style of hand-painted signs was perfected more than a century ago by Wildman and Sons, a shop in the heart of the amusement manufacturing district just off Surf Avenue. Amusement signs were meant to stand out and be instantly readable from a distance on the chaotic streets of Coney Island.The oral histories in the podcast are with Coney Island sign painter Sam Moses; advertising professional and former sign painter John Rea; artist and School of Visual Arts instructor Stephen Gaffney; and watercolor artist Frederick Brosen. The interviews were conducted by Charles Denson, Samira Tazari, and Tricia Vita between 2010 and 2019. You can search and listen online to nearly 400 oral history interviews, including the ones featured in this podcast, via https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/oral-history-archive. This episode was produced by Charles Denson, Ali Lemer and Tricia Vita. Music by Blue Dot Sessions.  ©2021 The Coney Island History Project. All Rights Reserved. This program is supported, in part, by funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York City Councilman Mark Treyger.

Episode 3 features the oral histories of artists from Jamaica, Japan, Russia, and China who found a place they could call home in Coney Island and neighboring Gravesend and Brighton Beach.Interviews with Hector George Wallace, Takeshi Yamada, Alisa Minyukova, and Yi Xin Tong are part of the Coney Island History Project Oral History Archive. The oral histories were conducted by Charles Denson, Amanda Deutch, Tricia Vita, and Jiangxin Jin between 2015-2020You can search and listen online to over 375 oral history interviews, including the ones featured in this podcast, at https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/oral-history-archive.Episode 3 was produced by Charles Denson, Ali Lemer and Tricia Vita. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. This program is part of the Cultural Immigrant Initiative supported, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York City Councilman Mark Treyger.©2020 The Coney Island History Project. All Rights Reserved.

Sean Starr has been creating original art for over 35 years and his work has been featured in the documentary film and book "Sign Painters" and you can find him at https://www.starrstudios.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

SUMMARY: We’re wrapping up our pre-season with a review of the documentary Sign Painters (2013, directed by Sam Macon and Faythe Levine). How much did we swoon for all the hand-lettering? How did we feel about this film highlighting dozens of white dudes? We talk type vs. lettering, work-for-hire, function vs. aesthetic and peak chalkboard.Signpainters Instagram, The Revival of America’s Hand-painted Sign Industry by Ester Bloom for the Atlantic, Charlene’s painted window for CAKE Plus-Sized Resale. Heads up - This is the last episode of our pre-season. We'll be back soon with a full Design Gossip season where we discuss things like gender in design, taking the leap from corporate to creative solopreneur life, craftivism and lots of shop talk. Stay tuned.

The Craft Hangout gang is fascinated by traditional sign painting, and we got the most incredible sign painter to hang with us, in person-- Mike Meyer! He has been painting signs since the 70s and has seen the industry move in many directions, but he has always remained true to himself and the craft of painting signs. He gained international recognition after appearing in the critically acclaimed movie, Sign Painters. Mike still has a business of painting signs but now has his own line of brushes and continues to keep the art form alive by teaching a new generation of artists the traditional craft of painting signs... and he makes new friends along the way. Check Mike Meyer out online: mike on IG/FB: @mikemeyersignpainter Classes: www.betterletters.co - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Love the show? Support us by becoming a Craft Hangout Patreon! https://patreon.com/crafthangout ------------------------------------------------ Our snazzy theme song is by Scott Making Cents: https://m.soundcloud.com/scottmakingcents  ------------------------------------------------ Oh! And don’t forget to join our tribe! www.crafthangout.com www.instagram.com/crafthangout https://www.facebook.com/crafthangout    

For Episode #3, we discuss how graphic designers and sign painters can coexist.

Mike Meyer has been sign painting his entire life. and an active member of the Letterheads movement. Since 2013 he has been workshops all around, and he appears in the film Sign Painters. In this interview, Mike Meyers talked to us, in a very reflective way, full of personal anecdotes, about his practice. And his trespass of knowledge through teaching, for which he advices to apply the three D’s: Desire, Dedication and Discipline… and a fourth letter, the T of Time. Also about the renaissance of the sign painting craft. Recorded at the Letterheads Amsterdam Signpainters conference, 2016 Mike Meyer Facebook :: Better Letters :: Sign Painters - the film :: File Download (32:05 min / 44 MB)

In this episode of Memphis Type History: The Podcast, we're talking type – typography that is! Rebecca gets in the hot seat to teach us all about appreciating the visual form of words and letters... and how we can get more into typography in our everyday lives.   We dive right in to typography as it relates to signage and lettering in this episode. So we recommend that you first listen to our intro episode if you haven't already for a background on how Memphis Type History began and the double meaning in its name. Typography is text, fonts... type is a letter form. Letter form is an art form that can be made digitally on the computer or by hand, and even through typesetting like on a letterpress where letters made out of wood or metal are used to create different prints. These days, endless type can be created, and even sold, using modern technology! In the olden days, signs were typically hand-painted. What was painted on the side of the building to advertise what was inside often became the logo for the business... and this method continues today through Rebecca's own hand for businesses like Propcellar and 409 South Main.   What's needed to create good type? A sense of space, composition, and a steady hand for the most part. Hand-lettering involves researching an appropriate era for inspiration and figuring out how to merge these styles with what is appropriate for the project. Rebecca will often create several different options, which often creates an entirely different feel to the entire piece even if each ones is coming from the same inspiration. To create her Florida piece, Rebecca first planned out the piece on paper. She decided how the letters should be spaced out, what style they should have, and whether they need flourishes or not... she even thinks about how thick or thin each part of the letter should be. Unlike pieces like the one below which Rebecca creates by painting layers upon layers, her typographic pieces are sketched out first. Rebecca begins by sketching "roughs" onto paper. She keeps working and working until it's exactly how she wants. Then she transfers the sketch (usually smaller scale) onto the wood using carbon paper. Letters don't need the soft edges that a painting of a sign or a landscape needs to look realistic, so all she has to do is paint the background and then work on top of the carbon copy sketch. In order to hide the lines, Rebecca paints slightly over the edge of the carbon marks – as she pointed out, steady surgeon hands are surely needed! If you want to get into typography, Rebecca recommends resources like Thinking with Type , Sign Painters , and take time to visit your local library. For full show notes go to memphistypehistory.com/type

The Toadies' lead guitarist Clark Vogeler and Sean talk about the artwork Sean created for the new Toadie's album Heretics, vinyl records, the movie Sign Painters, Limerick Ireland and how Clark was at one of Sean's music gigs in Austin back in 1987. More info: http://thetoadies.com/

Sean talks with the band about life in the 80s, Morrissey & The Smiths, Sign Painting and the upcoming screening of the film Sign Painters at the Elemental Arts Festival in Limerick this coming September.

Sean talks with Limerick Signwriter Tom Collins and Dublin/New York Signwriter Simon Robinson about the upcoming project in Limerick, Ireland that will include a screening of the movie Sign Painters, an art exhibit showcasing sign painters from around the world and the project Sean is designing and will be executing in Limerick with some help and inspiration from the band the Cranberries.

Sean talks to Derek about his experiences with sign painting madman Mike Meyer, the movie Sign Painters and Jimmy the Saint. Part 1 of 2. More info: http://www.goldenwestsignarts.com/

Sean fields a listeners question about the behind the scenes sign painters of Trader Joes grocery stores.

Gibbs and Sean discuss all sorts of things sign painter (and non sign painter) related in this episode, including Volkswagens and the Smithsonian screening of the movie Sign Painters. More info on Gibbs: http://www.gibbsconnors.com/

Director Sam Macon talks to Sean about working on the film Sign Painters, the effect the film had on them creatively as they went through the process and the adventure of getting to know the dysfunctional family of sign painters as a community. More info on the film Sign Painters at: http://signpaintersfilm.com/

Sean tackles the topic of whether old school sign painters don't like the newcomers to the trade, or if its just a social disconnect.

In this episode, Sean talks with 2nd generation Australian sign painters, the Dobell brothers. Some of the topics are the newcomers to the craft as well as what Chris and Stu think about working in tiny studio spaces. Fun stuff.

In questa puntata anche la calligrafia si fa casual: Alberto intervista infatti Luca Barcellona, calligrafo e graphic designer, per parlare di "Sign Painters - the Movie", in anteprima italiana martedì 11 marzo al Cinema Europa: il Kinodromo colpisce ancora! Green Everywhere è al telefono con la Dott.ssa Cavalca da Pisa, non per parlare di sesso ma di green e tecnologia: il Green Tech Festival ha in programma un sacco di appuntamenti da non perdere. Con Serena facciamo un resoconto della notte degli Oscar, pallosi come sempre; fortunatamente Giovanni si occupa del gossip corner, portandoci alla festa post-oscars super exclusive di Madonna con tutte le celebrities che contano. Al ritmo di: Coldpaly – Midnight; Comaneci – I Saw; Fuckpony – Ride The Pony; Damon Albarn – Lonely Press Play; Who Made Who – Inside World