SAN FRANCISCO - "It's like trying to hold a wet noodle straight," says Adam Taylor, a glass bender at Oakland's Neon Works. He's been bending neon into shape for seven years, but has only been good at ...

Neon looks like magic. From the lines of coloured light that set the night sky of Los Angeles aglow to the familiar 'Why Go Bald' sign on Dublin's Dame Lane, there's nothing to match it. Flashy, ...