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We love typography and we love signage! all sorts of signage from all over the world. We decided to search high and low and curated these beautiful images of some great signs. Nitram242 S Jones S Jones Sam Howzit The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, United States Timm Suess Waldo Jaquith Jerry "Woody" Joanna Poe Laser Guided Mike Grauer Jr Brent Moore Cory Doctorow Don O'Brien Jerry "Woody"

Get the best out of this space – by Dave Nemeth As the economy continues to put strain on businesses, the resulting domino effect ultimately impacts consumers, and we find a severe decline in permanent employment throughout many industries. It is definitely the age of the entrepreneur, and we will see more and more individuals working from their homes instead of offices due to unnecessary costs including expensive rentals, petrol and toll fees. The home office no longer simply takes on the outdated look of the traditional study, often found in older and larger homes, but is now created to be functional for the kind of business one is doing – and this could be anything from accountants and IT specialists to designers and photographers   In the past, these spaces were more often than not an afterthought, with them taking on a functional form instead of a purposed design aesthetic. However today this is not the case, as we have come to understand that our space in whi

Elegant, intelligent and independent. Eileen Gray's nonconformist and brilliant mind led her to a uniquely creative life at the turn of the century in Paris. Born to an aristocratic family in Ireland, she first studied at the Slade School for Fine Arts in London and then settled in Paris in 1907 where she began a career that spanned seven decades. In Paris, she studied drawing, painting and, drawn to the austerity of the material, the techniques of lacquer. She also began to design furniture and interiors. Gray's first commission for interior design came in 1919, a project for which she developed her famous lacquered "block screens." In 1922, she opened her own shop, the Galerie Jean Desert and that same year, exhibited work in Amsterdam where it drew the attention of Dutch architect, Jan Wils. The rational geometric forms of the De Stijl group in Holland impressed Gray deeply and her work began to convey a stronger sense of modernity and unconventional use of m

The Inspire team has just completed a Roadshow to Cape Town where we we were greeted with an overwhelming reception. The interest in the show has been phenomenal and the presentations were full to the brim. We also had some strategic meetings with some key players such as the CCDI as well as the Cape Town Fashion council. We were were also invited to the opening of the Water Shed, a wonderful platform for local design talent. Here are the picture from our trip.