Palladio lights up Central Avenue with Memphis artist’s neon sign
Cynthia Ham stands in front of the new Palladio Interiors and Garden neon sign designed by Memphis artist Kong Wee Pang. The dot over the letter “i” changes colors. (Courtesy Cynthia Ham)
The pink neon sign marks the final step in the rebranding of Palladio Interiors and Garden, an iconic Midtown business with a nearly 30-year history.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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