Zurich Travel Poster: Bahnhofbüffet by Augusto Giacometti, 1921 laois Drake Street

Drake Street

this woodblock print exemplifies Kawase's mastery of atmospheric poetics through the medium of shin-hanga – Japan's revivalist woodblock movement

meanders through the map

Add your own touch by marking important locations—perhaps where you first met a loved one

all meticulously illustrated to convey the essence of Bohemia

Zurich Travel Poster: Bahnhofbüffet by Augusto Giacometti, 1921 laois Drake StreetBahnhofbffet Zrich by Augusto Giacometti (1921) is a luminous slice of Swiss travel culture, created at a moment when posters were the most persuasive storytellers of the journey. Giacometticousin to Giovanni Giacometti and part of the celebrated Giacometti familytranslates the convivial promise of Zrichs station restaurant into a single, irresistible image. Against a warm beige ground, a golden roast turns on a black iron spit while vivid red flames