Designer/Archeologist Restores Old Outdoor Ads (To Something Beyond Their Former Glory)

According to Portland Monthly, 3D designer Craig Winslow has turned a yearlong creative residency with Adobe into a fascinating new art project.

Using a technique called projection mapping, Winslow takes clues from ghost ads on city walls and recreates the original ads on his computer to scale. Then he projects them back onto the wall.

For the next year I'll be literally shining light on layers of history. ?? @adobecreate posted a fantastic feature on what I plan to do, check it out. Also, I've already had some friends reach out but if you notice a great #ghostsign near you, hit me up! #creativeresidency

A video posted by Craig Winslow (@craigwinslow) on May 17, 2016 at 12:17pm PDT

“There’s such a timeless feeling to them. The wording, the type. There’s this cleaner feel that we’re going back to now,” says Winslow.