BEHIND A PLYWOOD PARTITION in Clifton’s Cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles, a neon light has flickered unseen since the Great Depression. Purchased by Clifford Clinton in 1935, the cafeteria is ...

Once upon a relatively recent time, bars and restaurants clamoured to hang rows of twinkling string lights over their patios. The effect was magical and romantic and so effing twee, like the old-timey ...

Christmas is just around the corner, so if you’re thinking about ways to light up a room without using any electricity, we have just the gadget for you. Marks and Spencer shoppers have been going wild ...

There are few easier ways to liven up a large, dark space than to drape string lights over it. There’s just something about balls of light hanging overhead–especially if they are in color–that sets a ...

From Hollywood blockbusters to Wong Kar-wai movies, neon signs have been an iconic representation of Hong Kong. First introduced in the 1920s, these signs flourished in the later half of the 20th ...

Jeff “JJ” Bebout, aka Neon Dad, is known for his coffee shops – he’s the current owner of Glass Arrow and a former co-owner of Roostercat – but when he’s not roasting beans, he’s busy creating and ...