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Airline Maps : A Century of Art and Design

Author :  Mark Ovenden

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Country
United Kingdom
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN 9780241434123
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2019
Bib. Info 144 p,241 x 276 (mm)
Categories Graphic design, Historical maps & atlases, Aerospace & air transport industries, Cartography, map-making & projections, Aircraft: general interest
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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 airlinesFrom 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.

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