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Kōrero: Graphic design

1950s graphic style

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1950s graphic style

Dennis Beytagh was an accomplished practitioner of the 1950s graphic style. This National Publicity Studio poster was designed for London Underground stations to encourage people to visit New Zealand. Beytagh designed it as a simple combination of images, so commuters could study it at length while waiting for the train.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1960-01

by Dennis Beytagh

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hamish Thompson, Graphic design – Graphic style to creating brands, 1950s to 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/43806/1950s-graphic-style (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hamish Thompson, i tāngia i te 13 December 2013.