Apathy Curve: Luxury Air

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Luxury Air

This is an advertising image from an early airline, predicting the future of air travel. We're only too well aware what it actually looks like, of course. I wonder if those people would be smiling as hugely if a colicky baby were screaming in their ears and a 500-pound, unwashed welfare queen were crammed into the seat next to them? Piclick for more -- if you think you can stand the disappointment.

As a side note, I absolutely adore this style of commercial art from the 50s and 60s. The limited color palette and faux-realism rendering lend it a unique charm that instantly places the viewer in period. I can stare at these kinds of images for hours, imagining a perfect world that never was.

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