Owens Corning Project Score Poster

Syracuse classmate Laura Britain runs a design firm in Hickory North Carolina and needed a series of posters created for Owens Corning. The posters are to announce the introduction of a new company-wide computer system from SAP. The illustration will depict a mid-century modernist train approaching the viewer over a series of three prints.

The project is ongoing. The next step is to photograph a train at Grant Beach Park for reference. It's been difficult getting the progression right as demonstrated below:



The typography is designed to reflect type treatments from the era. The trick is to avoid the typical cliché type choices so often seen in modern period pieces.