Berlin Typography
@berlintypography.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account of the Berlin Typography project.
Currently devoting most of our energy to @neondeutschland.bsky.social.
Currently devoting most of our energy to @neondeutschland.bsky.social.
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.
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.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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.
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.
Today is the day…
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today is the day…
Signs we’ve lost: TXL4EVA.
July 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Signs we’ve lost: TXL4EVA.
Signs we’ve lost: this sign may still exist … however the glass has been covered over with a new sign.
July 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Signs we’ve lost: this sign may still exist … however the glass has been covered over with a new sign.
Signs we’ve lost: this sign was still working right up to the time of its disappearance (sometime around 2022/23).
July 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Signs we’ve lost: this sign was still working right up to the time of its disappearance (sometime around 2022/23).
Signs we’ve lost: the finest of the Fein.
July 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Signs we’ve lost: the finest of the Fein.
Signs we’ve lost: the Stottrop flagship on Ku'Damm disappeared sometime around 2017.
July 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Signs we’ve lost: the Stottrop flagship on Ku'Damm disappeared sometime around 2017.
Signs we’ve lost: every neighbourhood should have an Apotheke with a neon sign.
July 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Signs we’ve lost: every neighbourhood should have an Apotheke with a neon sign.
Signs we’ve lost: many signs have disappeared from Berlin in the past ten years … this is the only one we’ve witnessed being taken down.
July 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Signs we’ve lost: many signs have disappeared from Berlin in the past ten years … this is the only one we’ve witnessed being taken down.
Signs we’ve lost: a city tour should always involve neon.
July 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Signs we’ve lost: a city tour should always involve neon.
Signs we’ve lost: when buildings get refurbished, the neon usually disappears.
July 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Signs we’ve lost: when buildings get refurbished, the neon usually disappears.
Signs we’ve lost: the beacon of Tauentzienstraße.
July 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Signs we’ve lost: the beacon of Tauentzienstraße.
Signs we’ve lost: this broken sign disappeared – along with the leather-goods shop itself – during the latter half of the pandemic.
July 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Signs we’ve lost: this broken sign disappeared – along with the leather-goods shop itself – during the latter half of the pandemic.
You can imagine how distressing it was to walk past a year later and find this:
June 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
You can imagine how distressing it was to walk past a year later and find this:
Signs we’ve lost: this magnificent piece of cursive neon was photographed in the very first weeks of the Berlin Typography project … and had already disappeared by the time I went back to get better photos (ca. 2017).
June 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Signs we’ve lost: this magnificent piece of cursive neon was photographed in the very first weeks of the Berlin Typography project … and had already disappeared by the time I went back to get better photos (ca. 2017).
Signs we’ve lost: there was a time when even a humble estate agent in a far-flung residential neighbourhood could have an ostentatious neon sign. Those days, alas, are over.
June 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Signs we’ve lost: there was a time when even a humble estate agent in a far-flung residential neighbourhood could have an ostentatious neon sign. Those days, alas, are over.
Signs we’ve lost: this neon Elektro sign disappeared after the Ladenstraße in Onkel Toms Hütte caught fire.
June 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Signs we’ve lost: this neon Elektro sign disappeared after the Ladenstraße in Onkel Toms Hütte caught fire.
Signs we’ve lost: the sign vanished around 2017/18 – there hadn’t been a flower shop there for some time – and now the whole building has been redone, its hints of post-war modern erased.
June 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Signs we’ve lost: the sign vanished around 2017/18 – there hadn’t been a flower shop there for some time – and now the whole building has been redone, its hints of post-war modern erased.
Signs we’ve lost: the golden age of cinema.
June 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Signs we’ve lost: the golden age of cinema.
Signs we’ve lost: there was no longer a Friseur beneath this sign in 2017. By 2019 the sign had vanished as well.
June 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Signs we’ve lost: there was no longer a Friseur beneath this sign in 2017. By 2019 the sign had vanished as well.
Berlin Typography presents:
Signs We’ve Lost.
A new series devoted to signs that have disappeared from the typographic landscape of Berlin.
First up: this kitchen shop sign from Charlottenburg (disappeared sometime around 2019).
Signs We’ve Lost.
A new series devoted to signs that have disappeared from the typographic landscape of Berlin.
First up: this kitchen shop sign from Charlottenburg (disappeared sometime around 2019).
June 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Berlin Typography presents:
Signs We’ve Lost.
A new series devoted to signs that have disappeared from the typographic landscape of Berlin.
First up: this kitchen shop sign from Charlottenburg (disappeared sometime around 2019).
Signs We’ve Lost.
A new series devoted to signs that have disappeared from the typographic landscape of Berlin.
First up: this kitchen shop sign from Charlottenburg (disappeared sometime around 2019).
Happy Brückentag to all who celebrate.
May 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Happy Brückentag to all who celebrate.
Public Service Announcement:
There are some great neon signs over at @neondeutschland.bsky.social
There are some great neon signs over at @neondeutschland.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Public Service Announcement:
There are some great neon signs over at @neondeutschland.bsky.social
There are some great neon signs over at @neondeutschland.bsky.social
*NEW PROJECT ALERT*
Today we are pleased to launch Neon Deutschland, a new project devoted to the majesty of neon signs in Germany.
Join us here on Bluesky:
@neondeutschland.bsky.social
Or over on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/neondeutschl...
Today we are pleased to launch Neon Deutschland, a new project devoted to the majesty of neon signs in Germany.
Join us here on Bluesky:
@neondeutschland.bsky.social
Or over on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/neondeutschl...
February 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
*NEW PROJECT ALERT*
Today we are pleased to launch Neon Deutschland, a new project devoted to the majesty of neon signs in Germany.
Join us here on Bluesky:
@neondeutschland.bsky.social
Or over on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/neondeutschl...
Today we are pleased to launch Neon Deutschland, a new project devoted to the majesty of neon signs in Germany.
Join us here on Bluesky:
@neondeutschland.bsky.social
Or over on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/neondeutschl...
Happy New Year!
See you in 2025…
See you in 2025…
December 31, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Happy New Year!
See you in 2025…
See you in 2025…