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Neons Hype! They are EVERYWHERE in Montreal, I guess its the same in every big cities in America and Europe right now, right?
If you want to be cool, you need a neon sign in your business, every restaurant, coffee shop, bar, etc have a neon sign. Its not even funny anymore, I went on a walk around the city yesterday and they are everywhere!
I always wonder whos the first one that bring those back and how it became so popular.
- You're not going to follow this up with another alarmist 'design is dead' thing again, are you?Continuity
- as long as they buzz i'm all for as much neon as possiblehans_glib
- I heard that it was a guy named steve, who owns a snack-bar in minneapolis, that started itGnash
- Was popular in Tokyo back in 2009 to have your cafe/hair saloon/bar sign in neon.shapesalad
- Benn... nobody is 'bringing them back'... they are a staple, and have been, they are effective at night... really.canoe
- facepalmcanoe
- Its an hipsters trend, or wathever they're called these daysBennn
- Next up: buses are everywhere! Another hipster trend.face_melter
- Pinterest. It's a Hive mind. I've designed a couple of them in the last couple of years for night clubs.PhanLo
- I think it's became cheaper and easier to make the signs in the last few years too.
https://i.imgur.com/…PhanLo - I've always wanted to learn how to make this stuff but you need special equipment and a mid-size to large room.Maaku
- I looked into getting a neon sign done about a decade ago and ... yeah. It was NOT cheap. Mind you, it was a 3D layout, not 2D. Simple otherwise thodetritus
- there's a newish cheap alternative I nearly did something with. think it involves LEDs but still looks v.authentic.fadein11
- EL Wire?detritus
- not sure, there was a lighting shop right near my house and he had one in the window so I went in one day. It was supercheap compared to neon.fadein11
- didn't help his business though, he closed a few weeks later.fadein11
- noone will ever want to know who was first. I actually like your 'fuck'-sign and am thinking of getting one...SimonFFM
- lol @ "Buses! They're everywhere these days!"garbage
- I've worked at / for sign shops since I was a teenager... there have always been requests for neon —nothing new—nothing trendy... it's signage ffsPonyBoy
- they're cool for sure. Its just funny seeing every shop owner getting oneBennn
- Google image search for "god's own junkyard" - Neon Nirvana!dee-dubs
- apparently Vancouver is or was the neon capital of the world http://www.bbc.com/t…_niko
- https://i.imgur.com/…Krassy