The patchwork of tiling on the Donnelly Centre was probably the first part to catch my eye, but the signs...
Signage
Factory sign, 15 Summer Street South, Dublin 8+
Slightly overshadowed by the ‘SOLD’ sign at the time I visited, the former Henry White Ltd. premises on Summer Street...
Sign box, Mander’s Terrace/Ranelagh Road, Dublin 6+
The path leading from Ranelagh Road to Mander’s Terrace looks a bit like an entrance in need of a destination....
An interview with Concrete Collar (& the Grand Canal Docks sign)+
An early post on Concrete Collar, which is a blog about “the cross-pollination between fashion and architecture”, used the Grand Canal...
Joe Byrne Bets Here, signage, 142 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4+
Turning from Upper Leeson Street onto Sussex Road, it’s almost impossible to read the sign in front of you as...
Sign, former Falks Lighting shop, Terenure Road East, Dublin 6+
Falks’ first premises in Dublin was on Exchequer Street, opening in 1947, though the company was established in London in...
Number one, 1 Ontario Terrace, Dublin 6+
Ontario Terrace is slightly idyllic, with a view over the canal and a wide strip of grass and trees...
Bananas, Little Britain Street, Dublin 7+
On Little Britain Street (yes), there’s one of those gorgeous moments where a business had a unique opportunity and ran...
Signs, 9 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2+
In the middle of the shopfront jumble of Lower Camden Street, Bolton & Co. has two totally separate but equally...
Sign, Pearse Street, Dublin 2+
The Lido doesn’t exactly have a phenomenal shopfront. It’s nice and consistent, with the same blue lettering and heavy vertical...











