Banda signs
These hand-painted signs appear all over our corner of Mexico. They mostly advertise traveling Banda bands (think polka with heavy latin brass and rhythm sections) that are coming to the area. These signs change monthly and sometimes weekly. Palenques (cock fights) are also advertised as well. They’re always colorful, sometimes well done, other times totally sloppy and rough (those must be the monday morning ones). I’m beginning a series on these signs and since I started the project I’ve been religiously vigilant for news ones, new styles and old favorites.
Mexico is an endless landscape of hand-painted folk typography, I’m really gonna miss it in 10 years when everything is hastily designed and printed on cheap vinyl.
