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Take a Trip Through the Friendly Skies: Stunning Collector’s Limited-Edition Coffee Table Book

This new Collector’s Limited-Edition coffee table book by awardwinning Callisto Publishers rounds up the most imaginative, influential and surprising designs of the airlines’ commercial art from the “golden age of flying.”

Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975 is packaged in an exquisitely designed handcrafted collector’s case with a metal cover similar in appearance to the aluminum alloy used to manufacture jet aircraft in the 1960s.

The book carefully curates the work of prestigious designers and advertising luminaries, taking you back on a trip through time to witness the glory days of the airline industry. This incredible large format book painstakingly reproduces the best examples of commercial art from the period to give a museum-like experience.

There are chapters dedicated to every major airline of the times with hundreds of stunning, large scale reproductions of airline advertising posters. Read concise descriptions of how airline corporate designs evolved over time and state-of-the-art printing techniques that capture the work of famous designers with all the quality of the originals.

The book is an appreciation for the aesthetics that characterized the glory days of the airline industry and has well-researched commentary on how advertising and airlines evolved together. Perfect read for anyone that’s an aviation enthusiast!

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