2006.01.10: Tribute to signs, signage, and stuff like that

Sign printing is one of the services I offer with my large format printing system. The ability for me to create signs gives me a false sense of authority in topics related to signage and signage printing and a perceived capacity to tell certain things about people who create signs or are otherwise involved in making them. Here is a collection of photos of stuff that I thought was interesting and related to this topic. Accompanying each photo is a little blurb to give some context around the photo and also my identification of a character trait or business skill related to the sign's owner.

Sign in the window of Athabasca Books, a used book store which has been closed forever. Inability to adapt in the face of change.

As a testament to the value of his bilingual Bachelor of Commerce marketing degree from the University of Alberta, Patrick is attempting to fit a 54" square sign into a 45" square sign box. Dude, it won't fit. Trust me. Persistence.

I thought this sign was hilarious and I can't figure out why. If you know why, please e-mail me. Leadership and delegation of immigrant labour.

This sticker was spotted on the back of a vehicle parked in front of Lighttools. BTW, this vehicle was for sale when I took this photo. I think it's a Ford Explorer. Merchant instinct.

Paper and signage products that I consumed in December. There was more but I was too lazy to extract more rolls from their packages to make a such a photo. Poor inventory management.

The Chinese text in the top left sign says "we eat white people." If read out loud in a different dialect and directly translated, it also apologizes for the owner's ability to pay to make the sign and not pay someone who can spell "store" to specify the text for the sign. Chinkiness.

I always wondered what else people smoked with bongs. Now I know. Resourcefulness and ingenuity.