Hong Kong Travel Poster: The Riviera of the Orient by S.D. PanaioTaku staffordshire muted tones of the sky

muted tones of the sky further enhance the peaceful ambiance

The map also delineates the political boundaries of Bavaria and surrounding regions

Otis Shepard was among the most influential American graphic designers of the 1930s

such as the mighty Mississippi along the eastern border

they serve to engage the viewer

Hong Kong Travel Poster: The Riviera of the Orient by S.D. PanaioTaku staffordshire muted tones of the skyHong Kong. The Riviera of the orient by S. D. PanaioTaku is a luminous Art Deco travel poster celebrating the citys harbor front glamour. Framed by a stately clock tower and a sweep of water under a velvet night sky, the composition distills early 20thcentury wanderlust into a single, sophisticated image. The phrase Riviera of the Orient captures how Hong Kong marketed itself in the interwar years: cosmopolitan, seaside, and irresistibly modernwhere