About Artist Seraina Baumgartner – The ‘S’ in NGS
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CLEANLY PAINTED NUMERALS FOR PILLARS OR ROUGH STUCCO
CLEANLY PAINTED NUMERALS FOR PILLARS OR ROUGH STUCCO Plaster and Stucco Stucco comes in various finishes and we can create perfect numbers no matter how textured the surface is. House Fanlight windows, Gold Glass writing Designs for retro Transom windows, and Gold Leaf Victorian Numbers. House Numbers hand painted columns+walls Always hand designed & painted […]
Our Favourite Fonts: Max Miedinger and 10 leading Font Styles
Our Favourite Fonts: Max Miedinger. Great Typefaces build reputations and have been an integral part of what makes us stand out as a London design signage studio. Well made letterforms and fonts have been essential to the development of the ‘reading-writing’ society for centuries. We don’t do ‘Dafont’ guys!! We make our own NGS fonts […]
Traditional Signwriters London: Most popular Hand Painted Sign writing by Nick & Seraina
About our Purely Hand Painted Sign Culture: Nick and Seraina Considering we live in a world saturated by the digital and Ai meme reproduction design, so many people love our analogue, artisan work. Our hand painted signs add warmth, charm and interest and a beating heart full of life across London and the wider world. […]
Creating a Sign with NGS. 3 Step Process.
nickgarrettsigns@gmail.com How to order a Sign with London’s NGS. To get your project started, follow this simple process: A reliable sign design partner ALWAYS ON FORM. Tell us all about it! Communication is everything. Offering support and solutions. How to order a Sign. Costing up The project ‘Calleija’ For the wonderful ‘Calleija‘ jewellery store, Bond […]
The very talented Signmaster, David Partridge
Recently I was privileged to be offered the late David Partridge’s collection of brushes donated by his daughter and her mother, David’s artist wife Liz, and daughters April and Isobel. This article was written with kind permission of his family. David was a classical sign writer of the traditional apprenticeship school. I’ve felt a very […]
Edward Johnston’s Underground Legacy Typefaces
Signage Typographer Edward Johnston Going Underground… and beyond. . The Edward Johnston Journal: NGS Article … about this design legend. . About Edward Johnston, CBE (11 February 1872 – 26 November 1944) was a Scottish craftsman who is regarded as the father of modern calligraphy, in the particular form of the broad edged pen as […]
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Covent Garden theatre-land show-stopping Tap images to Zoom-in A London made More Beautiful. Letter Painting for Offices, Home Interiors & Architecture. BY HAND We’re probably busy sign writing near you. Traditional sign painting, yet always ‘Fresh-New‘. With our Humble yet Beautiful Brushes, used on site. From corner shops to Virgin Media | Hand Painted brushed […]
NGS: All our signs – Last 3 years of superb projects
If you want a job doing, ask a busy person… NGS are the busiest signwriters in the industry today. There’s a probably simple reason for it. 360 deg images of everything we love to do. We’re not done by a long mark. London painted wall Signs. NGS All our Signs
…cool Nick, is this your best price?
Is this your best price Nick?… A familiar question… and we have the right answer. Working with ‘Rise Cafe’ Beach style in Brockley, Lewisham. Price 420.00 Date Completed Sept 2022. Best price. Best job. Starting from 450.00 From a great ‘job done’, painting session on site – creating success. BUDGET RANGE 450-850: A few tiers […]
CASE: Damien Hirst Retrospective NGS
CASE: Damien Hirst Retrospective NGS From Mountains, Kids, Peckham Sample to the immaculate ‘Trinity’ Finished Walls. . . Above: The first decent sample – Courtesy of artist Remi Rough, myself… and Frogtape. . . . . NGS: Diary of a huge Hand Painted Wall Art Mural project – Damien Hirst: THE TRINITY Room, The Tate […]
NG Signs: add Creativity to yr New Retail performance… The London Sign Writer’s role explained
NG Signs | Creativity In Retail | Nick Garrett . WE ARE ENTERING A TIME OF HUGE OPPORTUNITY . PAINTED SIGNS CAN WORK FOR ALL BUSINESSES . More than ever, meaningful typographic creativity is your brand’s lifeblood. NGS . . WELL DESIGNED LETTER STYLING TURNS HEAD Did you know that Creative Typographic Design has always […]
Top ten of London’s most famous doors
Top ten of London’s most famous doors In today’s communication age, we are constantly online, being bombarded with pictures of celebrities and our own friends and relatives – whether on social media or news sites. Recording our visits to famous cities has never been easier and with the touch of a button we can take […]
THE CASLON FOUNDRY
Historical London Type Archive Article: CASLON FOUNDRY NGS INSIDER Inside the world of the Caslon Foundry, Chiswell St Article by the Gentle author – Read time 4-6 min 22/23 Chiswell St Chiswell St is a canyon lined with glass and steel buildings leading from Moorgate to the Barbican today, yet once this was the centre […]