Dar es Salaam
A poster of Dar es Salaam draws harbour, fishing dhows and market. Choose the tradition and the studio paints it, with the name set in real type.
Paint Dar es Salaam in
- Golden-Age Airline1950s to 1960sFlat jet-age colour, a low sun and a city seen from the window seat.
- Ocean Liner Deco1920s to 1930sHulls as monuments, airbrushed steel and a horizon ruled by a straight edge.
- National Park Screenprint1930sThe New Deal park posters: five flat inks, big skies and a single landmark.
- Swiss Resort1920s to 1950sAlpine light, photographic depth and type that sits in the snow.
- Interwar Metro1920s to 1930sModernist lines and bold planes, made for a platform wall.
- Belle Époque Lithograph1890sStone lithography, a confident figure and a city at the turn of the century.
- Riviera Railway1920s to 1930sPines, parasols and sea at the end of a long line of track.
- Shin-Hanga Woodblock1910s to 1940sJapanese woodblock light: rain, lanterns, snow and evening glow.
- Mid-Century Illustration1950sLoose shapes, offset colour and a cheerful skyline.
- 1980s Airbrush1980sChrome sunsets, palm shadows and gradients you could swim in.
- 1990s Screenprint1990sGig-poster ink, halftone and a grainy, generous palette.
- 2000s Vector2000sClean vector planes, glossy highlights and a city as icons.
- Woodcut and Linocutany eraCarved line and two or three inks on warm paper.
- RisographtodayTwo spot colours, slight misregistration and soft grain.
