Minimalist Star Wars Tourism Posters: Vacation in Tatooine, Hoth, Endor, Dagobah & Cloud City

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Justin Van Genderen is a graphic designer in Chicago. He made these minimalist travel posters for the locations in Star Wars. The posters are quite beautiful and are reminiscent of classic travel posters from decades past.

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How come you didn't make a poster for the Death Star?

I actually did make a poster for the Death Star. The reason I didn't post it to the web was because it didn't seem to fit with the overall theme. All the other posters were planets and had a feel of a destination to them. That idea just didn't seem to fit with an intergalactic planet-destroying weapon.

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If you had to take a vacation at one of the places you've made posters for, where would you go? Hoth? Tatooine? Dagobah with Yoda?

Well it would be pretty nice to sit down and talk with Yoda, However I have always had a love for the deserts of Totooine. I'm not exactly sure why, I'm drawn to the vastness of it I suppose. I also wouldn't mind watching a pod-race, that looks like it may be fun.

Your posters look sort of vintage. Were you inspired by any particular era of design?

I was inspired a great deal by the work of Simon Page and his astrology series. If anyone enjoys this style of art I would highly recommend they check out his work. I also drew ideas from old Art Deco style prints and vintage science fiction posters from the 1960/70's.

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Are you going to sell the posters at some point? I would totally buy one.

I haven't figured out the best avenue for selling these yet. If folks are interested they can email me at [justinVG at gmail dot com] and I'll add them to an email list.

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Comments (48)

Maccy says:

Insignificant compared to the designs by Simon Page (as mentioned). Simon's prints are on a different level:

http://simoncpage.tumblr.com/

Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 17 2010 @ 10:22AM
Celius says:

Wouldn't a minimalist poster of Alderaan just be a blank sheet? ;D

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 11:14AM
Ox says:

I know it's good for ad revenue, but is it so hard to just put everything on one page?
that's the advantages to computers, we don't need to worry about the page space... just scroll down...

otherwise, these are pretty cool.

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 11:59AM
Jack Watson says:

Wow, it doesnt get much better than that dude.

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Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 12:10PM
Fikus says:

@Maccy

If you visited his photo stream you would see him give mention to Simon Page.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinvg/4326896144/

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 12:26PM
Ken Savage says:

Where can I buy these in poster size?

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 12:31PM
Drew says:

The deathstar poster should say DEATH STAR That's No Moon

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 1:39PM
Reviews for Travel says:

Wow they are so amazing, way to go!

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 2:23PM
rob says:

Or DEATH STAR The Last Vacation You Ever Take.

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 10:52PM
rob says:

I also think theyd be better if he had some text explaining what each planet is, like the Simon Page posters do. or some quote or something.

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 18 2010 @ 10:56PM
scotchegg says:

Its so hard to make simple minimal designs look great, but these achieve it. Top marks.

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 5:32AM
NickyD says:

Good Job. Those are cool.

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 10:20AM
My_Dad_is_72 says:

Really digging this style, it's well put together but someone needs to give him a lesson in kerning...

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 10:28AM
Ray says:

When you get off the Star Wars ride at Disneyland (California), there are a bunch of travel posters for the planets but none are as lovely as these. Maybe you should see about selling your work to the park?

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 1:22PM
Ben says:

Go Justin! Nice work. They capture concisely the sort of nostalgic feeling our generation has about these movies.

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 7:01PM
Joel says:

"Come to the Death Star. That's Not A Suggestion."

Posted On: Friday, Feb. 19 2010 @ 10:08PM
klump says:

I agree about the kerning. Graphic design nerds!

Posted On: Saturday, Feb. 20 2010 @ 12:40AM
hesperides says:

The Death Star one looks like a gray olive.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 22 2010 @ 7:48PM
Splashman says:

Nice work! Perfect for StarWars nerds everywhere.

Well, almost perfect -- the kerning problem is a show-stopper.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 2:59PM
Ryan says:

The kerning here is your non-designer shibboleth... and yes, you were so close.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 3:47PM
Andrew tenHarmsel says:

Looks like he's fixed the kerning issues on the posters he's put up for sale.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 3:48PM
Ricardo Rivera Roman says:

What is the typeface you used for these. It is lovely.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 6:05PM
Yowsers says:

@maccy

jeezus guy, just enjoy the work for what it is, will ya?

pyssy little snarker, aren't you?

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 9:20PM
Leia Wannabe says:

Of all of these I want to go to Endor. Hoth is too cold and has monsters running around. Dagobah has snakes. Tatoooine is just a dessert.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 9:48PM
Wood says:

@Celius: Too soon!

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 10:34PM
Jesse J. Anderson says:

>> Or wherever the Wookies come from?

Everyone knows the wookies come from Kashyyyk. Oh wait - no other Star Wars nerds in the crowd?

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 11:58PM
Splashman says:
Andrew tenHarmsel says: Looks like he's fixed the kerning issues on the posters he's put up for sale.

Uh, no. Tatooine is better, but not fixed. Hoth is the same as before and the others all have minor issues, except Endor, which looks okay.

The poster art is wonderful. That's what makes the kerning issue so blaring and unfortunate.

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Mondo Print says:

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

Posted On: Monday, Mar. 8 2010 @ 1:57PM
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Posted On: Monday, May. 3 2010 @ 9:47PM
MC says:

I'm sorry but these posters look very amateurish. This guys calls himself a graphic designer? Dude doesn't even know how to kern correctly. Look at the spacing between "TAT" in "TATOOINE" compared to the rest of the word. Any graphic designer worth his salt would know that doesn't look right. Not to mention that they are basically a bad rip-off of Simon Page's work.

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