Samarkand
A poster of Samarkand draws turquoise domes, tiled squares and silk road. Choose the tradition and the studio paints it, with the name set in real type.
Paint Samarkand 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.
