Travel Posters From The Golden Age

As a web designer, I find inspiration in many sources. Travel posters are one of my favorite sources of design inspiration, especially posters from the early part of the Twentieth Century. The "Roaring Twenties" was a prosperous time in the United States, and leisure travel by steamship, airplane and automobile became the rage. To lure the newly affluent to exotic destinations, beautifully designed travel posters were created that are still admired today as an art form.

The Los Angeles Public Library has a collection of vintage travel posters from the 1920's and 1930's on virtual display. These creative and colorful posters really captured the appeal of the destinations they portrayed, and often glorified the mode of travel as much as the destination. They are wonderful inspiration as well for web designers with their engaging graphics and clear, theme focused design. Worth a visit!