Great article on "How to make and sell an NFT" by Ian Dean

for those of you curious about NFT’s, I just read this great article by Ian Dean. It explains everything. Here is a glimpse. A link to the full article is below… A step-by-step guide to how to make and sell an NFT and possibly earn some money for your art. How to make and sell an NFT is something a lot of artists and designers are exploring as a potential new way to make money. But NFTs are more than a new way to sell art, they can secure ownership of digital assets, offer access to new communities, and even be used to register ownership of in real life items.

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are a wordy way of saying non-replaceable or one of a kind. They make digital items scarce and rare, and so valuable. An NFT represents ownership of a particular file or item, such as artwork, videos, in-game items, and even real estate, and they are stored on a blockchain. 

https://www.creativebloq.com/how-to/make-and-sell-an-NFT

15 Unique Ways to Incorporate Neon Colors Into Your Home

We’re all used to the classic white and creme color schemes. And while they are common in many households, let’s face it, sometimes they can be outright boring. If you are looking to liven up your house with something fresh, unique, and totally out of the box, why not add a splash of neon color? There are many ways to add fluorescents to give your home some personality and set it apart from the rest.

To help you get started, Redfin reached out to experts across North America, including us, to give you our best tips on incorporating neon colors into your home. From adding neon tiles to light up your pool to commissioning a neon art sculpture as a focal piece, keep reading to get inspired. Check out 15 Unique Ways to Incorporate Neon Colors Into Your Home.

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North America’s Unexpected Neon Jungle

Wide shot: a city’s majestic backdrop of sea and sky, skirted by folds of Douglas fir, and deep, zigzagging fjords. Zoom in: a downtown core on the rise, a mixture of newly built condominiums, theatres and red-brick saloons. Close-up: in the middle, a hodgepodge of advertising signs and overhead utility lines rearing out of the darkness. And the big picture: the sky electrified in a glow of red, yellow and green as 19,000 neon lights switch on.

Step back in time to 1950s Vancouver, and this is what would have greeted you after sailing across the Georgia Strait to the city’s historical district of Gastown. From here to the suburbs, the streets hummed with transporters and Frankenstein-like glass insulators. Logging agencies, lumberjack recruiters – even churches – advertised with neon lettering, while residents amped up their houses with neon door numbers. Harder to believe still, the city produced more strip neon than anywhere else on the planet, with one sign for every 18 residents, and 12 factories, including the world’s largest.

Read more here: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180503-north-americas-unexpected-neon-jungle

Lights Fantastic - The Vibrant Neon Trend That is on Track to be Big News in 2021

Neon has come a long way from its roots in the 80s and 90s. Neon lights have become works of art adorning the most stylish walls, and splashes of neon shades, when used carefully, can lift a whole room. So it is no surprise that the vibrant neon trend is set to be big news in 2021.

Pinterest reported an 800 percent increase in searches for ‘neon room’ during the last year, and the trend shows no sign of slowing down. Neon LED lights have lead the way for the trend, transforming dull and tired walls into works of art.

If you are looking to introduce the Neon trend into your home Lucy Ackroyd, Head of Design at Christy suggests starting with an LED light.

Read more here: https://www.livingetc.com/news/neon-led-light-trend-2021

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The Enduring Glow of Neon Art

Neon first appeared in Paris in 1910, and before World War I there were already more than 160 neon advertisements throughout France. Along with neon, argon and sodium were also found to glow, due to the introduction of an electrical current. It was the French physicist and chemist Georges Claude who first stabilized and patented the process of neon and brought it to the world at large.

Read more here: https://hyperallergic.com/341241/the-enduring-glow-of-neon-art/

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New Large-Scale Neon Mural in Downtown LA Addresses Themes of Mental Well-being

Check out this moving article from ABC7!

At night, new shining neon signs light up the windows at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, a museum and community center in downtown Los Angeles.

L.A. artist Patrick Martinez installed the large-scale mural and called it "Only Light Can Do That, 2021."

"When I created these neons at the beginning, I took them from the context of window storefronts, small mom and pop shops," said Martinez. "This is an opportunity to place them back in their into the context of what they're inspired by, and speak back to the community."

Read more here: https://abc7.com/los-angeles-mural-neon-mental-health-well-being/10622878/

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Latest Home Design Trends: Japandi, Neon Lights & Shelfies will be hot in 2021

With more than 400 million people around the world using Pinterest each month, it’s a great place to spot a trend. So when the platform’s annual ‘Pinterest Predicts’ report landed in our inbox we took notice. Based on emerging searches and search term increases compared to last year, the online platform has identified four key home décor trends for 2021.

Read more here: https://theinteriorsaddict.com/latest-home-design-trends-japandi-neon-lights-shelfies-will-be-hot-in-2021

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Illuminating the Dark Art of Making Neon Signs

THE WORD "MASSAGE" glowing in a dark alley. That buzzing Pabst sign hanging in your favorite dive bar. For decades, neon signs have lit up every corner of urban life. And although commercial uses have dwindled (blame LEDs), the craft of making these signs is still alive. Neon makers, known as benders, are now just as likely to be designing signs for art galleries as they are for businesses. "It’s a new contemporary sculpture," LA artist Patrick Martinez says. "I love the pulsing, hypnotizing saturated colors neon has to offer." We asked him to illuminate the process.

Read more here: https://www.wired.com/2016/06/how-to-make-neon-signs/

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A Glowing Future – Using Neon Lights to Add Personality to Interior Designs

Take a look at this exceptional article that explains the beauty and personality neon can add to interior design. With lots of bright imagery and effective decorating tips, you won’t want to miss this read.

“Once the domain of bars and saloons which played both types of music–country and western–neon lights have broken free from the shackles of cliches to invade our residential spaces.

Like a slogan for a room, they can be sweet, playful, provocative or reinforce a space’s identity. Whether used for a little humor or to bring your attention to the room’s interior design style, neon is becoming an increasingly popular device and certainly one of the emerging trends of the season.”

Read more here: https://designbx.com/blog/glowing-future-using-neon-lights-add-personality-interior-designs/

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Philadelphia’s Neon King Gets a Glowing Castle

Check out this great article on the collection of a lifetime of neon… amazing!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/neon-sign-museum-philadelphia

Philadelphia’s Neon King Gets a Glowing Castle Longtime neon connoisseur Len Davidson finally has a museum to house his impressive collection.

The philosopher Luis de Miranda once wrote that neon carries “the poetry of nights.” It’s a nice sentiment, and one Len Davidson would surely agree with. Davidson was just a twenty-something working at the University of Florida in the 1970s when he and a friend were reminiscing about the old neon signs of their youth. A Philadelphia native, Davidson spoke wistfully of an old Pep Boys’ sign depicting company founders Manny, Jack, and Moe. That conversation sparked a lifelong love of neon for Davidson, first with a short-lived neon-themed restaurant called The Gamery, a converted old dress shop whose ceiling he plastered with the signs. (“I had a ghost of a neon sign in my consciousness from growing up in Philadelphia, a place called Levis Hot Dogs that had a 13-foot neon hot dog out front,” he says. “I used to go there as a kid after watching basketball games with my father.”) Next came an apprenticeship with a neon shop in Gainesville, and now his newly opened Neon Museum of Philadelphia. The premise of the museum is twofold: to dazzle viewers with some 130 light displays, and to provide them with a quasi-history lesson, showing what life was like back when the brightest storefront often had the longest line of customers. Now 74 years old, Davidson doesn’t expect to be running the museum for too long; he’s hoping it can eventually become a non-profit.

Read more…
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/neon-sign-museum-philadelphia

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"Neon Signs Are Glowing Strong in Seattle": A Great Read for a Stormy Day →

Make sure to read this awesome article on Seattle Met about Neon Signs in Seattle. It’s a quick read and packed with interesting stories on how Neon is bringing a dull city to the vibrant metropolis it should be.

“ON SLICK NIGHTS, A WARM-WHITE GLOSS ENVELOPS the intersection of East Union Street and 23rd Avenue… The argon-and-mercury script evokes a double-stroked signature that says, You can trust me. I’m family.”

Read more here: https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2020/03/neon-signs-are-glowing-strong-in-seattle

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Glow Up: 15 Coolest (New) Neon Signs in Boston

Check out this really great article I am featured in noting the 15 coolest neons in Boston. My piece for Buttermilk and Bourbon can be seen in the back of the restaurant in the Voodoo Lounge! Please read more about the article here. This classic decor element is having a major moment on the dining scene—and snarky sayings abound. Please contact me if you need a restaurant neon… https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/neon-signs/

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Neon Wedding Signs Are 2019’s Brightest and Boldest Wedding Trend

According to Pinterest’s 2019 trend forecast, searches for “neon wedding signs” are up 291 percent. That’s, uh, a lot—and when I first heard the news, I reacted with absolute shock. I imagined neon signs over-the-top enough to warrant a place on the Las Vegas strip, and then dinky enough to find a home in a ’90s kid’s bedroom. (I’m pretty sure I owned a hot-pink neon shoe sign—or something like it—in my younger days, and I couldn’t help but imagine weddings filled with hot-pink neon shoe signs.)

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Light it up!

Thank you Luna Lupus for this amazing article on “Daring Home Decor: Neon Lights For Every Room”. Neon is a great way to light to up a special part of a room. It can become the highlight of your decor and draw people into that special place.

https://www.decoist.com/neon-lighting-ideas/

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