Vacuum-Form Signage
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Vacuum-Form Signage
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#2I grew up seeing these signs all over and never gave them a thought. I love articles that bring something to my attention that I never thought to think about.
Aside: If you are a sign aficionado the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati will make you very happy: https://www.americansignmuseum.org/
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#3This is great. I've been wondering about these for decades.
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#4"That's what a Vac-U-Form can do!"[1]
TechShop used to have a medium sized vacuum forming machine, but it was lost in one of their moves. Those are useful for tool trays. Lay down all the tools for some kit, vacuum-form a tray, and put the tray in a case for the kit. Often used in aerospace, where you want to make sure nobody left a wrench inside the engine or fuel tank.
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#5Signage has such a huge impact on how we experience an environment, the vibes it gives off.
Comparing the US and the Netherlands - the US seems much more chaotic and organic than the Netherlands with its unified government standard typeface.
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#6Something about that rounded-rectangle shape is evocative of the YouTube logo - perhaps I was primed towards that as one of the signs shown is advertising "TV's".
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#7Something about that rounded-rectangle shape is evocative of the YouTube logo - perhaps I was primed towards that as one of the signs shown is advertising "TV's".
I'm fairly certain that the YouTube logo, especially the original one, is meant to symbolize a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) TV like this one: https://spencertified.com/cdn/shop/collections/Sears-Solid-S... (random example from image search). In times of linear TV, you'd ask whether anything was on the tube when you were wondering whether you'd want to watch something.
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#8"That's what a Vac-U-Form can do!"[1] TechShop used to have a medium sized vacuum forming machine, but it was lost in one of their moves. Those are useful for tool trays. Lay down all the tools for some kit, vacuum-form a tray, and put the tray in a case for the kit. Often used in aerospace, where you want to make sure nobody left a wrench inside the engine or fuel tank. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCvgvWiZNe…
That sounds a million times easier than modeling gridfinity trays.
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#9"That's what a Vac-U-Form can do!"[1] TechShop used to have a medium sized vacuum forming machine, but it was lost in one of their moves. Those are useful for tool trays. Lay down all the tools for some kit, vacuum-form a tray, and put the tray in a case for the kit. Often used in aerospace, where you want to make sure nobody left a wrench inside the engine or fuel tank. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCvgvWiZNe…
reminds me of a certain car trunk scene in Simon Pegg's "Kill Me Three Times" (although it used a custom foam insert and not vacuum-formed plastic)
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#10Signage has such a huge impact on how we experience an environment, the vibes it gives off. Comparing the US and the Netherlands - the US seems much more chaotic and organic than the Netherlands with its unified government standard typeface.
Schiphol airport has exemplary signage.