Stylish laundrette
A super-stylish building-size hand-painted shop sign/
Towered by the generic voice of... another business.
People who don't know Melbs, if you were to guess what 'woodards' is just by this logo, it's size and position, what would you say?
Securitised surfaces
Two instances of protected walls: in one case, a metal mesh was added to the MDF boards of a construction hoarding to prevent unwanted postering. The layers of black paint suggest there have been several black-outs of unwanted inscriptions on this surface.
Texture studies
The study of urban surface textures splinters into politics, ecology, spatial production, design, geography and archaeology - much like the surface in this photo.
Hoarding education
Panel illustration on the Notre Dame hoarding, explaining the process of reconstruction after the fire.
Public notices
All city surfaces are public notice boards. We should learn to see every surface like we see these designated areas.
Old town surfaces
Some old (and new) signs from the towns of Maldon, Castlemaine, and Daylesford. We should acknowledge the heritage value of new signage as much as we respect the cultural merit of old signs and public surface displays. Note the remarkable nature…
Collapsed surface
The surface is beside itself.
It catches flight and changes skins.
The vertical becomes horizontal.
That mean you
We need the surfaces of cities to display messages that regulate behaviour in their proximity. These messages hold clues about who produced them, whether it was…