There is no better or longer-lasting application of the graphic designer’s craft than the art poster—illustration, typography and colour combined to make art. Long after the brochures are land-filled and the website has vanished, a well-crafted printed event poster will remain on walls of offices and homes, reminding us of a great moment, communicating our passions or adding colour to our lives. We unabashedly take our inspiration from the great practitioners of the art form— A. M. Cassandre, Fix-Masseau, Seymour Chwast, Peter Max, Milton Glaser, Abram Games, Neville Smith, Guy Allen, Paula Scher, Michael Schwab, Erik Nitsche… and many more.
BAUHAUS - WALTER GROPIUS ICONOGRAPHIKA
The school of art and design at Dessau, now a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, was the second of three school campuses for the Bauhaus movement and certainly the most iconic of the three. Designed by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, the building remains today the quintessential expression of minimalist Bauhaus ideals — the unification of the principles of mass production with individual artistic vision and the combination of modernist aesthetics and industrial materials with everyday function.
DEHAVILLAND BEAVER
ICONOGRAPHIKA
Canada is the birthplace of bush flying and no other airplane is more emblematic of wilderness aviation than the ubiquitous Canadian DHC-2 Beaver. Designed after WWII, the Beaver was an instant success, capable of carrying heavy loads on wheels, skis or floats. Though production ceased 40 years ago, hundreds of these workhorse airplanes continue to earn their keep in remote locations all over the world. The rugged Beaver is an exceptional and optimized design suited to rugged operation with beefy good looks and a willing heart.
B-58 HUSTLER - ROBERT WIDMER
ICONOGRAPHIKA
Robert H. Widmer was one of America’s most accomplished military aircraft designers. Over a 50-year career with the Convair-Lockheed Martin continuum of companies, Widmer often anticipated new aircraft requirements, and had ready designs for the B-58 Hustler and the F-16 Fighting Falcon when the Air Force came knocking. Other projects included the Kingfish spy plane and the Tomahawk cruise missile. Widmer pioneered many advanced aviation technologies including fly-by-wire control, stealth technology and unmanned aerial vehicles.
MONTEBELLO – C’EST MAGNIFIQUE!
The signature winter flying event for the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association is the ski-plane fly-in on the frozen Ottawa River at the magnificent Fairmont Chateau Montebello—the world’s largest log structure. For the design, we were channeling the beautiful and iconic ski and travel posters from the 1930s to 1950s of the Laurentian ski region of Quebec—sunny skies, breathtaking architecture and plenty of healthy winter activity and clear day flying.
