Domenic Urbani

Domenic Urbani began bending neon in the mid-1980s. He started Urban Neon, Inc. as a wholesale neon shop just outside Philadelphia in Holmes, Pennsylvania, in 1993. Over the years, Domenic and his wife have built the business into a full-service sign company servicing several national and regional retail accounts.

Articles by Domenic Urbani

• Bending neon: Fading light on a special skill

  Wednesday, November 19, 2014

  I have been working in the sign industry since 1984. I began my apprenticeship as a neon bender two years later. During that period, neon was the predominant light source for channel-letter signs — with the exception of the occasional channel-light system, an early version of what we now know as CFL. Since neon was pretty much the only reliable and efficient product available, neon work was abundant, and the neon tube bender was in demand.