An exuberant collection of imagery, Railway depicts vintage, modern and futuristic train travel. With new and archive photography, and collectors' ephemera, a range of passenger experiences are shown, from the humble to the luxurious. It examines the design of exteriors and interiors, staff uniforms, food, corporate identity and graphics. It goes beyond the trainspotter's locomotive registration number to express the whole experience of train travel: from American chic on board the 20th Century Limited line in the 1950s to the opulence of the Venice-Simplon Orient Express; from the vibration-free Shinkansen en route to Kyoto to the steamy heat on board Blue Train Sleeper that deafeningly hoots its way across southern India. Railway is a fascinating mixture of nostalgia, human interest and contemporary design.
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Intro is a UK based design firm that designs sleeves, music videos and websites for most of the leading record labels, and work with Primal Scream, Broadcast, Stereolab, Howie B, Depeche Mode, Nightmares on Wax, Feeder, Beth Orton, Doves and Chemical Brothers. Intro's Creative Director Adrian Shaughnessy writes regularly for Eye, Creative Review, Design Week and The Wire.
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- PublisherLawrence King Publishing
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1856694070
- ISBN 13 9781856694070
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160