Airline Maps - A Century of Art and Design (Paperback)

A celebratory look back at one hundred years of passenger flight, featuring full-colour reproductions of route maps and posters from the world's most iconic airlines From the first faltering flights over plains, water, and mountains to the vast networks of today, air travel has transformed the world and how people see it. Maps played their part in showing what was possible and who was offering new opportunities. As tiny operations with barely serviceable airplanes pushed out farther and farther, growing and merging to form massive global empires, so the scope of their maps became bigger and bolder, until the entire world was shrunk down to a single sheet of paper. Designs featured sumptuous Art Deco style, intricate artistry, bold modernism, 60s psychedelia, clever photography, and even underground map-style diagrams. For the first time, Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts chart the development of the airline map, and in doing so tell the story of a century of cartography, civil aviation, graphic design and marketing. Airline Maps is a visual feast that reminds the reader that mapping the journey is an essential part of arriving at the destination.

General

Imprint:	Particular Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2019
Authors:	Mark Ovenden • Maxwell Roberts
Dimensions:	276 x 242 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-241-43412-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Graphic design Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Aircraft: general interest Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Maps, charts & atlases > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS) > Map making & projections Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Transport industries > Aerospace & air transport industries > General Promotions
LSN:	0-241-43412-2
Barcode:	9780241434123

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