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Airborne Pride Exhibition

Close up of a poster with handlettering and black and white photography
Services
Research
Copywriting
Exhibition Design
Print
Lettering
Client
Undergraduate Thesis
Fun Fact
National Airmail Week is May 15-21

Context

Airborne Pride was inspired by my deep interest in physical mail, travel, and gallery design. Starting with the research, my goal was to tease out the details that showed the true experience of airmail. Offsetting these findings with collaged historic images, handlettering with depth, and a collection of posters suspended in wooden frame boxes based on Jenny wing supports, Airporne Pride takes a classic topic and makes it contemporary again
A poster about the postmaster general who pushed for America's first airmail service
A black poster is suspended on wire between two wooden frames
A black poster is suspended on wire between two wooden framesA black poster is suspended on wire between two wooden frames
A poster about the Curtiss Jenny, but the plane used to carry American airmail in the early days
A black poster is suspended on wire between two wooden framesA tall woman stands with interest in front of a poster reading it
Post cards on a black table

Video shot by Richard Smith

Several colorful invitations lay in a grid on a table