Created by artists Celestino Dimas, Eduardo Melo and Leandro Lesakhis, this evocative mural, depicting musician Ray Charles, enlivens an intersection in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Among Brazil’s most livable big cities, Curitiba recently won the Global Sustainable City Award for excellence in sustainable urban development.

Jeff Russ

Jeff Russ is a content studio manager for SmartWork Media and was the senior art director of Signs of the Times from 1996-2021. A graphic designer and illustrator with an interest in sign design and sign history, Jeff documents important, interesting and notable design trends in the sign industry as a contributor to Signs of the Times. He has written dozens of features for Signs, and his column, Design Matters, was published for more than a decade.

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