Pan Am Destination Posters
June 16th, 2010These beautiful and mysterious Pan Am posters were designed in 1971 by Chermayeff & Geismar. What’s remarkable about these posters — other than the minimal design and the use of Helvetica — is the power of the photography. The simple, sometimes monocromatic, images make a clear statement about the location and inspire the viewer. You can see a few other examples here and here.
DCrit student Frederico Duarte did a little digging and discovered some interesting info about the posters. You can read the story on the Eye Magazine blog and in a feature.
bastie
reminds me a bit of the flying over europre series done by otl aicher for the german airline lufthansa.
Jae Xavier
I’m getting hot just looking at it. Anyone got water?
Nic
Beautiful restraint shown. Such an evocative image wouldn’t need anything more.
Rob
”The way the world wants to fly”.
Kevin
I want these blown up and on my wall!