Homeless Designs

The mission of the signs for the homeless is to raise awareness and help through exchanging hand painted signs, and sharing the narratives of the homeless around thethe world. The project was initiated by Kenji Nakayama & Christopher Hope. They ask the homeles for their background and what theiy aspect of life.

For example Mike aka “The pope Harvard Square” was asked: “How did you become homeless?” He said: “I always did relatively well in life. I was a construction work supervisor. In 2008 I had a mild stroke, and months later was laid off during the economic crash. I have a lot of medical bills, and because I haven’t fully recovered from my stroke, I can’t go back into the construction business again. My health is about 65% back to where it was, and I’m grateful for that. But my poor health hinders me from going back into my trade.”

Giving a communication and a uniqueness a homeless never has in his daily lives with the sign, is an honor we could never imagine. More than money or material things could be, is to be accepted and respected. The simple principles of humanity. We appreciate this project!

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Rushing Hour

Chris Rushing is a multidisciplinary Art Director & Designer. Proudly from the south, now living & working in New York City, currently at interbrand. His strengths are thinking, designing, working, learning, drawing and exploring. While doing all these things, he stays tuned for more and is always on creating awesome artworks like the ones shown above. His skills for finding the right caligraphy are as good as bulding crazy new typefaces or identities. And he never forgets his sence for humor - “love where you poo” ?!

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It’s all Wright

Based in Caracas, Venezuela and specialized in corporate identities and printed matter designs Alexander Wright is doing his thing. Inspired by electronic music, he creates creative mixes of typography like the first image taken from Todd Edwards “There’s no place like london” or the cover for samsara’s “Paly with me” album. His work is very variable and he tries to find a solution to every new media he designs. 

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Thank you

Mister Nelson Mandela for beeing such a great and wonderful idol to the world. Showing that unity is the key to freedom, that love is the greatest power and our heart is the biggest weapon. We are the masters of our fate and the captains of our souls. Thank you Nelson Mandela!

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Lettermuseum Berlin

The members of the “Buchstabenmuseum” society have made it their business to keep those old signs, which formerly have given public space its determined appearance, as pieces of an exhibition “alive”. At the moment the museum is moving to a new location. On 12/6/2013 at 7pm the new home for the letters will be inaugurated near the Alexanderplatz. Regular exhibition starts on 12/7/2013. The signs have been partly donated but have also very often been saved from scrapping etc. by the society members, after negotiating with the respective owners. New members, donated money and photos of signs, independent of languages and scripts, along with contacts to the owners are welcome. Further on the museum still is in need of a final location.

Copyright of photos:

• 1 Peter Kloser
• 2 Michael Setzpfandt
• 3 Ralf Hiemisch
• 4-10 Peter Kloser

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