Design

A Very Welcome Dandelion

No weeds here — just a beautiful handpainted for a chocolate factory

Published

9 years ago

January 22, 2016

Steve Aust Signs of the Times January 2016 Issue

Often perceived as the scourge of lawns, the dandelion actually provides numerous health benefits: they’re laden with antioxidants, and help treat liver, urinary and skin disorders. So, when San Francisco-based Dandelion Chocolate opened five years ago, its opening deserved a smile, not a sneer.
And now, thanks to its beautiful handpainted sign painted by Damon Styer, owner of San Francisco-based New Bohemia Signs, and his team, Dandelion deserves a rousing round of applause. Despite the heavy emphasis on the tech sector within San Francisco’s economy, New Bohemia enjoys robust business painting exterior murals, interior wall graphics and other handpainted environmental graphics.

Mars Bravo: The Most Interesting Name in the Sign Industry

Mars Bravo is not the kind of name you hear very often in the sign industry — the kind of name more likely to follow, “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage…!” In this episode, Eric interviews Mars to find out about her start in the sign industry and her ideas for the future, first with how she got her name.