{"product_id":"9780241434123","title":"Airline Maps : A Century of Art and Design by Mark Ovenden","description":"A celebratory look back at one hundred years of passenger flight, featuring full-colour reproductions of route maps and posters from the world's most iconic airlinesFrom the first faltering flights over plains, water, and mountains to  the vast networks of today, air travel has transformed the world and how  people see it. Maps played their part in showing what was possible and  who was offering new opportunities. As tiny operations with barely  serviceable airplanes pushed out farther and farther, growing and  merging to form massive global empires, so the scope of their maps  became bigger and bolder, until the entire world was shrunk down to a  single sheet of paper. Designs featured sumptuous Art Deco style,  intricate artistry, bold modernism, 60s psychedelia, clever photography,  and even underground map-style diagrams.   For the first time,  Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts chart the development of the airline  map, and in doing so tell the story of a century of cartography, civil  aviation, graphic design and marketing. Airline Maps is a visual feast that reminds the reader that mapping the journey is an essential part of arriving at the destination.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56229572706677,"sku":"9780241434123","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241434123.jpg?v=1762260146","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780241434123","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}