No posts for a while as a business trip to New York got in the way. Whilst over there as always it struck me how different American graphic styles are to European. To me they seem less sophisticated and more salesy, just more blunt. Comparing the covers of The Economist versus Time might make the point clearer. 
It might seem like a cheap point that the Americans are more blunt and salesy but what I find more interesting is how the signs around us support the way we live our lives or the attitude we have to the world and what is in it