The sign in full.

Evening in the Altstadt.

How it feels out there…

Looking for good xmas presents for the Berlinophile in your life? We’ve got you covered… Berlin Typography and Plattenbau Berlin (both from Prestel Verlag) and the Berlin Type Map (from Blue Crow Media) are available wherever good books (and maps) are sold.

The sad fate of Leipzig’s old Brühlzentrum.

Looking for good xmas presents for the Berlinophile in your life? We’ve got you covered… Berlin Typography and Plattenbau Berlin (both from Prestel Verlag) and the Berlin Type Map (from Blue Crow Media) are available wherever good books (and maps) are sold.

Your weekend Umlaut: a classic lightning stroke.

Erhardt the stationer in the afternoon light.

The umbrellas of Stuttgart (note the broken neon umbrella on the left).

B is for Brezel.

Triumph in decline.

Get your week started with the help of this neon coffee grinder.

A little touch of Persil in the night.

Your weekend Umlaut by day.

Your weekend Umlaut: a single piece of neon divided in two with the help of black electrician’s tape.

Today’s sign, incidentally, comes from a funeral parlour.

When admiring the letterforms of a neon sign, it is easy to overlook the practical logistics of its construction … but look at how much effort goes into the illusion of a continuous line of cursive text.

Behold the cursive D.

Mid-week coffee break.

There may be an Apotheke on every corner … but a good Pharmacie is hard to find.

Today is the day…

Part of every weekend should be spent with books. (Note also the wonderful Umlaut).

Your weekend Umlaut: halfway between a lightning stroke and an inverted tilde.

Today’s sign features a rare appearance from the grave accent.

Mid-century laundry.

Multiple Ms over Leipzig.

Today’s neon sign comes with the added bonus of giant scissors.

Cursive elegance (plus a bonus Umlaut for your weekend).

Your weekend Umlauts: cursive and non-cursive.

Usher in the weekend with a neon goblet of wine.

…too late for cake.

From the heart of town.

Precautions against pigeons.

Precautions against pigeons, part 2.

In praise of electricity.

For the remainder of the week we will be searching for neon in and around Stuttgart.* *Maybe … if Deutsche Bahn wills it.

The red-orange glow.

On the air.

Today’s sign also features an early example of abstract neon art:

Weekend is over. Back to work.

Your weekend Umlaut: Upotheke.

Your weekend Umlaut: the lion of Fulda.

High voltage.

The ‘t’ in this sign surely deserves a place in the pantheon of convoluted neon letterforms.

Finest neon cigars.

…and at night.

Beer pairs well with neon. (Also: how great is that ‘f’…)

Have wanted to get a photo of this sign for the past three years. Last week it finally happened.

How about a close-up of that Umlaut:

Neon goes neo-classical (plus: a bonus weekend Umlaut).