Follow @365posterblog1 Apologies for the clunky nature of this post but I am paraphrasing the excellent BBC documentary of a couple of weeks ago before it disappears from iplayer. The presenter was the fantastically engaging Mark Ovenden Edward Johnston and Eric Gill revolutionised how we look at publicity and signage in the 1910s and 20s …
Its coming soon and I for one can’t wait !! As the largest machines of their age by far, ocean liners have become powerful symbols of progress and 20th-century modernity. No other form of transport was so romantic, so remarkable or so contested. From the mid-19th century to the late 20th century, the ocean liner …
Follow @365posterblog1 Let’s take a look at how we got from here to here Via this man And of course a good posterblog wouldn’t be complete without reference to our heros Heniron and Games who both were inflenced by and had influence on the symbol. The Speedbird is the stylised emblem of a bird in flight designed in 1932 …
Source: Airline Design Files part 2: Leaning forward to step back at BEA
I came across a poster a few years ago by Bert Thomas for evening classes a couple of years ago, it seemed to be unique without references on google. I now found these for sale on Ebay. Its starting to look like a set from this talented cartoonist
