London Transport Posters



London Transport Posters

London underground became a big adapter of the early successful poster form at the turn of the 20th century, from the success of the french poster printing becoming more advanced with their stone lithography process being ahead of its time thanks to artists like Jules Cheret, the father of the modern poster.

Some of the earliest posters designed were for posters of areas where stations where first built showcasing how beautiful the areas are and why people should go there. As seen below this poster showcases how picturesque Golders Green is in 1912, the underground title on the top of the posters letters are in the tile format that the underground walls, itself are made of. It calls Golders green a place of delight and prospect, the green and bright yellowish pale colours contrast extremely well together in the image creating a very attractive poster.


 It's not just the trains that received poster approval, the bus service routes showcased some amazing sights along the routes and had incredible typography that followed on the posters. These posters are mainly utilising purple and having it contrast with green predominantly to create an attention catching visual image of green/purple sights. The poster showcasing epping forest is a very successful minimalistic poster for its time. The posters were printed by John Riddle and company


         

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