sky-sign
sky-sign. Lettering or other advertising material on a metal frame, free-standing or mounted on top of a building, so that it is seen against the sky. It was a feature of Constructivism and De Stijl, and was extolled by Venturi and others.
Bibliography
O. Shvidkovsky (1970);
Venturi et al. (1977)
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