David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by NaOH » Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 3:27 PM UTC

David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)
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Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by andyjohnson0 » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 10:57 AM UTC

Thanks for posting this. I found the style and colours very refreshing compared to contemporary minimalism.

However I'm struggling to parse the round object in the first Switzerland poster. Anyone care to help me out?

Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by netsharc » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 11:07 AM UTC

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #2

Thanks for posting this. I found the style and colours very refreshing compared to contemporary minimalism. However I'm struggling to parse the round object in the first Switzerland poster. Anyone care to help me out?

https://travelstylefun.com/the-fabulous-rose-filled-fountain...

Although, it might also be a hat (2nd pic on https://civilisable.com/traditional-swiss-clothing/ )

Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by JKCalhoun » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 12:52 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #3

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #2

Thanks for posting this. I found the style and colours very refreshing compared to contemporary minimalism. However I'm struggling to parse the round object in the first Switzerland poster. Anyone care to help me out?

https://travelstylefun.com/the-fabulous-rose-filled-fountain... Although, it might also be a hat (2nd pic on https://civilisable.com/traditional-swiss-clothing/ )

I assumed a hat (there do appear to be two trailing ribbons coming out — gives me a "Heidi" vibe).

Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by andyjohnson0 » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 2:35 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #3

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #2

Thanks for posting this. I found the style and colours very refreshing compared to contemporary minimalism. However I'm struggling to parse the round object in the first Switzerland poster. Anyone care to help me out?

https://travelstylefun.com/the-fabulous-rose-filled-fountain... Although, it might also be a hat (2nd pic on https://civilisable.com/traditional-swiss-clothing/ )

Thanks. I'm going with the hat theory.

Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by matt_kirkland » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

There's a volunteer-run TWA museum in Kansas City that has a bunch of these! Very cool to see a bunch of their marketing materials together, they produced a lot of interesting work.

Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by tylerflick » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 3:57 PM UTC

matt_kirkland wrote: post #6

There's a volunteer-run TWA museum in Kansas City that has a bunch of these! Very cool to see a bunch of their marketing materials together, they produced a lot of interesting work.

If you’re in KC be sure to check out the TWA rocket in downtown too.

Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by smelendez » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #2

Thanks for posting this. I found the style and colours very refreshing compared to contemporary minimalism. However I'm struggling to parse the round object in the first Switzerland poster. Anyone care to help me out?

It’s rare to see contemporary advertising that’s so clearly the work of one artist.

Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by matttproud » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 9:23 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #3

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #2

Thanks for posting this. I found the style and colours very refreshing compared to contemporary minimalism. However I'm struggling to parse the round object in the first Switzerland poster. Anyone care to help me out?

https://travelstylefun.com/the-fabulous-rose-filled-fountain... Although, it might also be a hat (2nd pic on https://civilisable.com/traditional-swiss-clothing/ )

I presume this is hat a based on the ribbon.

Note: That link's (actual) photographs seem to suggest that the topic was not adequately researched or generatively produced.

Namely the photo with the caption "The Origin of Swiss Traditional Dress Photo by Cabinet Card Gallery" contains a sign within some words that indicate that even though these are Swiss people in the photo they are actually wearing costume to celebrate Austrian traditional costume of the region of Styria. The hints are "Steirisch" (Styrian) and "Buachstoana" (looks like a phonetic spelling of a Bavarian/Austrian dialect word as opposed to Swiss German and "Verein" (club/association). If someone could expand the "erh." abbreviation in a period-correct way, that would probably be definitively telling. This also doesn't resemble much of the Tracht I have seen worn at festivals in Switzerland either (regionalisms aside).

Re: David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

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Post by os2warpman » Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 1:05 AM UTC

>Klein's influential posters still look extraordinary to this day and "define the excitement and enthusiasm of the early years of post-war air travel."

I wish they were influential.

Modern corporate messaging is.... not influenced by these works.