New York Journal — Art Déco Wonder City Poster

Between the 1930s and the 1960s, the travel poster was one of the most sophisticated art forms in the world — bold colours, geometric forms, and the absolute conviction that wherever the poster was pointing, you needed to go. New York, proclaimed The Wonder City, was its greatest subject: a skyline of such vertical ambition that it seemed designed to be reduced to flat colour and bold typography.

The front cover presents a vintage-style Art Déco travel poster illustration of New York's most iconic landmarks — the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building rising above Midtown Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River, the Statue of Liberty at the harbour entrance, and Radio City Music Hall — rendered in the bold flat colours, simplified geometric forms, and confident typography of the golden age of travel poster design. The back cover presents a collage of vintage-style New York travel labels and ephemera, evoking the layered aesthetic of mid-century luggage stickers, postage stamps, and the romance of travel in the age of ocean liners and early commercial aviation.

Product Details

• Format: 5.75 × 8 in (14.6 × 20.3 cm)
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets)
• Perforated pages — tear out cleanly without damaging the binding
• Paper weight: 90 gsm, suitable for fountain pens and pencils
• Hardcover with matte finish, casewrap sewn binding
• Weight: 400 g (14.1 oz)

Perfect For

• New York City enthusiasts and urban explorers documenting their adventures
• Art Déco and mid-century graphic design admirers
• Collectors of vintage travel poster aesthetics and ephemera
• Travellers planning or remembering a trip to New York
• Students of graphic design, advertising history, and American architecture
• Thoughtful gifts for anyone captivated by the ambition and energy of the Wonder City

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