As seen in The New Yorker, artnet, Gothamist, Hyperallergic, amny, NBC New York, NHK, W42st

“Bummed by today’s aesthetic monoculture, David Barnett is personally cobbling together the permanent collection of the New York Sign Museum.” 

– The New Yorker

"As New York streetscapes are increasingly taken over by sans serif fonts, ubiquitous brand logos of multinational chains and digitally-made graphics, entering the New York Sign Museum feels like stepping back in time."

– New York Times

“Believe it or not—based on the vintage look of its storefront—Noble Signs was only founded in 2013, dedicated to preserving historic signage in New York, but also to creating new hand-painted signage that will help maintain the city’s unique character for generations to come.”

– artnet

“The museum’s and studio’s parallel missions of preservation and creation feed into each other, he said. Every old sign they rescue teaches them something about how to make their own.”

– Gothamist

“But New York used to be an exciting aesthetic hodgepodge: blinking marquees and boldly painted letters, and no mystical branding concepts, just facts—LIQUOR, PORK, SHOES. David Barnett, the founder of the New York Sign Museum, said the other day that such signs represented ‘a conversation between two people, a shop owner and a sign-maker.’”

– The New Yorker

“Barnett’s museum is a nonprofit that rescues historic advertising throughout the boroughs. A patient, soft-spoken man in his thirties, Barnett seems to know every storefront in New York. Mention a sign in his presence—say, the sublime, hand-painted one outside Grandmaster John Dinkins School of Martial Arts, a Black-owned dojo in Prospect Lefferts Gardens—and he’ll smile and say, ‘I love that one.’”

– The New Yorker

Lost signs with rediscovered stories: Explore the New York Sign Museum

amny

Smith’s Bar Legacy Lives On as Iconic Hell’s Kitchen Neon Sign Finds New Home

W42st

ニューヨークの歴史を刻む看板　保存プロジェクト

NHK

Neon dreams at Noble Signs

NBC New York

"Signs are an important part of the cultural expression that is essential to why facades are endlessly interesting subjects."

The Architect’s Newspaper

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