This gallery presents the collection of photos submitted for the World Of Signage Photo Contest by the readers of Smashing Magazine. We received over 2,500+ photos from our readers across the globe, and present a selection of the most interesting photos in the overview below.
The topic of this gallery is Street and Wayfinding signs, signs which intention, in a clear and effective way, is to assist locals and travelers alike in their wayfinding. Please notice: each photo has a certain license, provided in the description of the photo. Before using the images for private or commercial projects, make sure that the license allows you to do so. Also, you can click on the photos for a larger preview.
Please feel free to take a look at other submissions as well (links to other galleries are listed in the end of this gallery).
Ancient or now? [ large preview ]
"Photo shotted on Athens. In portuguese, “Agora” means “now”, “Ancient” or “Agora”." Licensed: If you want to use this picture, be my guest, just warning me, thanks. By Luiz Fernando de Souza Pinto from Brazil.
Restaurants [ large preview ]
"Plenty of restaurants to choose from." Photo taken by Bogdan Judit from Italy.
Werkschau spinnerei leipzig [ large preview ]
"A marker on a wall at the “Spinnerei”, an old factory and today on of the creative hotspots in Leipzig." Licensed: cc by-sa. By Martin Gamnitzer from Germany.
Rock and roll is here [ large preview ]
"Just ran into an interesting scene, which is about a sign of a livehouse in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan." Photo taken by Terry Lai from Taiwan.
Antwerp city information pole [ large preview ]
"Antwerp City Information Pole." Photo taken by Richard Buhn from BELGIUM.
Alborzmountain [ large preview ]
"A part of Alborz Mountain with above 4100m height." Licensed: © Payam Hamzei. Photo taken by Payam Hamzei from Iran.
Symbols At The Park [ large preview ]
"Various symbols used in denoting the areas at Istana Park, Singapore." Photo taken by Henry Soon from Singapore.
Places Of Interest [ large preview ]
"Denoting various places of interest in Chinatown, Singapore." Photo taken by Henry Soon from Singapore.
The funky city area map [ large preview ]
"There are many such area maps around the city." Photo taken by Mayur Mutha from India.
Signage arrows Zurich [ large preview ]
"Big red sign with two white arrows showing the direction to leave beneath a ramp in Zurich." Licensed: © Sebastian Schöndorfer 2008. Photo taken by Sebastian Schöndorfer from Austria.
Dolores Street [ large preview ]
"Dolores Street with Dolores Hight School in the Banckground San Francisco. In the Background is Dolores High School." Photo taken by Boris Henriot from USA.
Chinatown San Fran [ large preview ]
"The main street that runs through Chinatown in San Francisco is Grant Street. Here the local color can be seen in the background of the sign." Photo taken by Jen Mabe from USA.
Parroquia San Pantalon, Venezia [ large preview ]
"View of one little street with an Art Gallery." Photo taken by Rafael Camarenna from Spain.
Dev prayag [ large preview ]
"Dev Prayag, Dev means God and Prayag means Union, a place near Haridwar, India where river Ganges and Alaknand unites. The sign board says the Dev-Prayag is at 580 meters. See, God is not that far away." Photo taken by Shravan Singh from India.
Stained glass [ large preview ]
"Walton Church Street Somerset amazing stained glass text." Photo taken by Gareth Stamp from UK.
Chinatown San Fran [ large preview ]
"The main street that runs through Chinatown in San Francisco is Grant Street. Here the local color can be seen in the background of the sign." Photo taken by Jen Mabe from USA.
Life at cross roads [ large preview ]
"Shot at Tamilnadu, India." Photo taken by Subinkrishna Gopi from India.
Luodai ancient town guide map [ large preview ]
"That’s a guide map in Cheng Du ,China." Photo taken by Caicai Feng from China.
Guidepost Sign [ large preview ]
"Guidepost – helps tourists to find their way…" Photo taken by Dario Meniss from Croatia.
Camping [ large preview ]
"Signing on camping area." Photo taken by Aquiles Leon from México.
Prado [ large preview ]
"Street signs in prado’s avenue the color indicates the type of information, blue – routes, green – parks, magenta – cultural, yellow – parking and info." Photo taken by Aquiles Leon from México.
From here you can go anywhere [ large preview ]
"Should i see Skadarlija, Skopje, Moscow, maybe Moon? I think I’ll go for a drink at “Sesir Moj 2″." License: CC BY-NC-ND. Photo taken by Marko Rosic from Serbia.
Thanks to all participants for taking their time for preparing and sending submissions for the contest and creating a unique and diversified gallery presented above. We truly appreciate and respect your efforts and your time, folks!
You may want to take a look at other contest galleries, too:
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