French engineer Georges Claude is the first person to incorporate neon gas into signs back in 1912. He and his assistant ...

Neon signs look cool as hell, there’s no denying. Ain’t nothing more retro than a glowing tube in the shape of a cocktail, but how do neon lights work? Neon light first started being ...

Neon signs aren't as popular as they used to be ... SWARTSELL: Benko says that makes the work of both museums and America's remaining glass-benders all the more important in keeping the art ...

The owner of the shop saw his fascination with the signs and asked, would he want to learn how to work with neon? Reising jumped at the chance. He learned quickly and began making a name for himself ...

The signs are filled either with neon or argon, depending on the intended ... “Now you don’t have a body of work to learn on while getting paid, so that’s been a problem with getting new ...

flipping the switch as gathered crowds cheer – such is the compulsion of neon. “Different signs in different neighborhoods work like sponges, they soak up local history and become landmarks ...

After years of fading neon and rising costs, the owners, with the city's help, will restore the historic rooftop signs with ...

Despite spending more than a decade in storage, work continues to rehab the 40-by-25-foot Paul Revere sign and to find it a new home, said Dave Waller, who owns Neon Williams in Somerville with ...

Boise has its first outdoor, historic neon sign gallery, the Neon Grove. Six restored signs that once marked thriving Boise ...

The original colors of the Aurora Fox neon sign are shining again thanks to a $140,000 restoration project that began just under a year ago. The restoration of the 1946 sign, a familiar sight ...

The signs, which were the product of an extensive ... one of only a few in Idaho that does neon work full-time. The adoption of more cost-effective and energy-efficient LEDs was mostly what ...

after we get the Neon Garden open, is to begin finding locations and homes for these other signs," Linoff says. "So I don't know exactly when it will go back onto public display." There's work to ...