.Project Page 17 – August Neon The Final Month

As promised here is my final month of neon. Yeah that’s right 365days later and my personal project #myyearinneon is up!

I’ve continued my  using my The Neon Hunter instagram account if you want to keep track of my latest neon findings. I don’t think I’m able to give this up neon to me is like shiny things to a magpie!

Shoreditch area

Wonderland lates- Waterloo tunnel

Art exhibition Holborn

Shoreditch

Bobbi Brown Covent Garden

Soho

Jack Wills Covent Garden

Primarni

River Island

Soho

Kings Cross

Victoria Secret PINK – Westfields Aug

House of Vans – Waterloo

Covent Garden

Dorothy Perkins- Westfields Stratford    

Shoreditch adventures

 

Angel

Angel Adventures

Oxford Street

Regents Street

Box Park Shoreditch

The Jetty – Heartbreak Hotel North Greenwich 

The Drury Club – Drury Lane

Bloom- Covent Garden

Cabana- 02 North Greenwich ‘ Caprianas & Cocktails’

 

Topshop – South Kensington

JD Sports- Oxford Street

Shoreditch and Angel adventues. (Sara’s Birthday)

Check out all the project pics , here.

So that’s it?

Nah I’ll continue taking photos of neon wherever my travels take me and eventually I want to collate my photos from this project to create a book! So keep your eyes peeled.

Project Page 16 – July

As promised here is July’s round up of neon finds.

I’ve continued my #100daychallenge using my The Neon Hunter instagram account creating my own # for this. #100daysofneon.

Check out all the project pics so far, here.

I managed to check out the Festival of Love again this summer. It’s a great little exhibition on the South Bank, details here if you wanna read up.

I also managed to go take another look at the Lights of Soho gallery, by far one of my favourite places in Soho.

 

 

   

 

      

 

Around South Bank

Here’s July’s other neon finds.

Stratford & Waterloo Wonderland Lates tunnel

Notting Hill

Notting hill 

 

Victoria Secrets Westfields & House of Vans

Zoo Bar -Leicester Square

John Lewis

Office Shoes – Tottenham Court Road

Gallery Holborn

Stay tuned for the last month of #myyearinneon project.

June Neon

It’s been a while since I last posted and in that time both June and July have flown by! And of course during the past two months I’ve been on the hunt for more and more neon.

Here’s my round up of June’s neon finds.

Cheeky Nails – Holborn

Soho

River Island- Marble Arch.

 

BOSS – Carnaby

 

Carnaby

Wahacca Soho

Near Green park station

80’s Kid Art Gallery – Hyde Park area

I’ve also participated in the #100daychallenge using my The Neon Hunter instagram account creating my own # for this. #100daysofneon.

Check out all the project pics so far, here.

Stay tuned for July’s neon post.

. Project Page 14 .

So it’s the end of May and the end of another month of neon hunting! Here is what my travels have found along the way.

Remember to keep checking out my daily posts on my Instagram as well as all the posts from this project so far which are on my Tumblr.

O2 North Greenwich

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Bring on June and hopefully some summer neon and sunshine!

. Project Page 13.

 

It’s been a while since I last posted, so sorry about that. HOWEVER! I’ve been busy snapping photos and on the hunt for neon signs. Yup I’ve been busy collecting photos for my neon project. Here are the last few from MARCH/APRIL:

 

AQ/AQ Sample sale – The Old Truman Brewery – Shoreditch 

Columbia Road

 

The Diner – Spitalfields

 

Dirty Dicks- Liverpool Street

Spitalfields

Columbia Road

  

London Bridge

South Kensington

 

The V&A

The Strand

Somerset House

  

Westfields -Food court

The Strand

Charlotte Street

Tottenham Court Road

          

Cafe Covent Garden

La Tasca – Covent Garden 

The Big Easy – Covent Garden 

Benugo -Great Portland Street

 

TOPSHOP – Oxford Street

Shoreditch finds.

Stratford – Uni theatre

River Island – Oxford Street

Accessorize- Oxford Street

Holborn

Ted Baker – Covent Garden

Somerset House

 

Forever 21 – Westfields Stratford.

There is a vast array of neon this month, from Nottinghill, Stratford, Shoreditch etc I managed to get out and about exploring London purely on foot thanks to my willing blogger housemate! There really is an abundance of neon, I don’t know if I’ll be able to fit it all in a book.

 Remember to check out all my photos on my TUMBLR and let me know about any other exhibitions or neon signs you see around!

Also I now have an Instagram account for this project!

#myyearinneon

The_Neon_Hunter

. Project Page 12.

 

It’s been a while since I last posted, so sorry about that. HOWEVER! I’ve been busy snapping photos and on the hunt for neon signs. Yup I’ve been busy collecting photos for my neon project. Here are the last few from FEB/MARCH:

My new favourite place. House of Vans – Waterloo

Wahacca- Covent Garden

Theatre show – Holborn

Neon fail. AA Oxford Street

Camden Vintage store- Market

JD – Westfields Stratford

Bobbi Brown – Covent Garden   

Topman

SB – Shoreditch

Waterloo

Pub -Greenwich

Byron- BEST BURGER PLACE BY FAR – Greenwich

Wetherspoons- Greewich

Joe’s – Covent Garden

 

Covent Garden

Salvador & Amanda’s – Leicester Square

SOHO

Bar – SOHO

Adult shop – SOHO

 

SOHO

Windmill – Piccadilly

Coffee shop – Covent Garden 

Jamie Oliver’s – Covent Garden 

Covent Garden

Covent Garden

Nike – Covent Garden

Holborn – Clothes shop

Theatre- Holborn

Waterloo

Lola’s Cupcakes – Covent Garden 

Covent Garden

Strip bar….. – Holborn

Oliver Bonas- Kings Cross Station

Cafe- Denmark Hill

Strings- Music shop Holborn

Primark – Tottenham Court Road

Pizza Hut – Stratford

Camden Market & Street

 Remember to check out all my photos on my TUMBLR and let me know about any other exhibitions or neon signs you see around! I’m considering putting all my neon on a new instagram account so keep your eyes peeled!

. Project Page 11.

 

It’s been a while since I last posted, so sorry about that. HOWEVER! I’ve been busy snapping photos and on the hunt for neon signs. Yup I’ve been busy collecting photos for my neon project. Here are the last few from JAN/FEB:

SOHO

Retailer- Carnaby street

Holborn

Great Portland Street

Shoreditch

Boxpark – Shoreditch

Piccadilly

Wholefoods- Piccadilly

The V&A

  

Off Great Portland Street 

Next – Westfields

Nike – Oxford Street

Topshop – Oxford Street

Covent Garden

Pineapple Dance Studio

Covent Garden

SOHO

  

SOHO

Carnaby Street

Selfridges – Oxford Street

Farringdon

Hackney

Great Portland Street

Harrods – SK

Shoreditch

Shoreditch

HMV – Oxford Street

H&M – Oxford Street

Holborn

UO – Oxford Street

 

 

SOHO

 Remember to check out all my photos on my TUMBLR and let me know about any other exhibitions or neon signs you see around!

SheSays Talk

Last week proved fruitful with talks! Thursday brought yet another SheSays event hosted at the D&AD studio in Shoreditch. A small and intimate venue played host to 4 amazing ladies from the industry, Eloise Smith (my boss from Lowe Profero),  Caroline Pay (BBH), Vicki Maguire (GREY) and Chaka Sobhani (Mother) a pretty sweet line up right?

So what did these successful ladies have to say? Each one spoke about their experience and journey to how they got to where they are today, covering who helped them along the way, what it’s like to be a working mother, different careers before advertisings and most importantly their failures along the way. That’s right even the best had their ups and downs and to be honest I think this is what made the talk. We can relate to them even more, each opened up personally and talked about their careers making everyone in the room feel like it is possible to get to the top with a lot of hard work and determination, even when you fail hard.

Here are the snaps I got for the evening (Campaign mag might be using some too- how exciting!):

This picture got used in Campaign !! (I’m famous!)

Keep an eye out for the next SheSays UK events, there is lots of exciting ones coming up so be sure to get your tickets!!

D&AD Talk

Last week I was lucky enough to attend one of the D&AD lectures where guest speaker Yuka Furukawa, from the Denstu agency Japan, spoke. He talked about how they work as an agency and how best to get work that fits both the client needs and the agencies passion to push boundaries. He showed us some of the amazing work they have produced and talked about how they made them. His talk covered 3 of many points he made about being successful in the industry. Overall a very good talk and a great way to spend a Wednesday evening!

One of the main points that stuck in my mind after the talk!

Q&A -proved a lil tricky with a big room full of questions and interpreter. (Slow but informative)

I recommend people try and get tickets to the next President Lectures talks they are a great way to learn about other talent, how other agencies and cultures work. After all we can only learn from the best!

. Project Pg 10.

On my quest to find all of the neon signs possible in a year I filled my weekend with exhibitions and searching as well as finally visiting Borough Market.

I was pretty chuffed to fit in my first visit to the market as I found a Gluten Free stall (I researched before hand) and it’s safe to say the goodies I bought were scrummy!

PHOTOS MARKET.

Cheeky!

  

So many beautiful colours!

Camera photos:

Treats from Turkey

Bread school

Mmmmhmm gluten free goodness.

Hey there!

The rest of the day was filled with neon finds and exhibitions.

First stop the Joseph Kosuth exhibition at Spruth Magers. A free exhibition near London Bridge which I found on TimeOut. The sound of buzzing filled the rooms as the electricity flowed through the work illuminating the work. Check out some of the photos:

Phone photos:

Photos from Tasha! (thanks)

Neon heaven!

Camera Photos:

  

Joseph’s signature.

Gazers!

….therefore I am??

Couple neon spots along the way:

  

2nd stop was JEALOUS East gallery for a small exhibition, which to be honest I thought would have more than one neon sign in it, but it was a short but sweet visit. Valentines themed but not in the sickly annoying way (thank goodness!).

Photos here:

Camera:

A successful day for my neon project I have found other neon signs during this past couple weeks and will post them in my next post. Remember to check out all my photos on my TUMBLR and let me know about any other exhibitions or neon signs you see around!