Sat 03 Jan
2009

Make the Numbers Bigger

Posted 04:44 pm
Author Khoi Vinh
Categories Design, Photography, and Travel
I saw this event boat docked on the banks of the Rhône River while I was visiting Lyon, France just after Christmas. Why exactly the Helvetica Black numbers were painted at such a large scale I can’t say, but readers fluent in French may be able to glean more from the boat’s promotional Web site. More views in full-color at Flickr, too.
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1.
Tobie Langel
03 Jan 2009, 07:29 pm

There’s little information available on the website about this, but the painted number (01046) seems to be related to the boat’s maximum tonnage: 1046 tons.

2.
Benedict
05 Jan 2009, 01:01 pm

That looks rather like WW1 naval dazzle camouflage

3.
CL
07 Jan 2009, 10:49 pm

ahhh… that’s pretty

4.
Romain
08 Jan 2009, 06:30 am

This boat is a place you can rent to organize events, so the markings are merely eye-candy.
And yes, it seems that they refer to the maximum tonnage of the boat.

5.
uncle pimp
23 Feb 2009, 05:20 pm

the painter is a friend of mine, called Lies One

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