Design Inspiration: Minimalist Train Advertisements

Today’s first design inspiration is a set of advertisements that depict multiple different trains in a unique, simplistic approach. Each train is built with the same shapes, but has a different color scheme and layout. Some trains have four wheels, some have three, and some only have two. I would love to tell you more about the project itself, unfortunately it’s in a foreign language so I’m constrained to a strictly artistic review.

I like the earth-tone color scheme that each train is built with and how the shapes interact with each other, creating additional shapes and colors. I think my favorite part may actually be how the designer used the shapes to represent the smoke coming out of the locomotives. There’s a lot more photos on the project page, including images of just the poster designs, not in the real-world environment. They’re definitely worth taking a look at, I just really enjoyed the composition of the photographs in the examples above and below.