Hong Kong Travel Poster: The Riviera of the Orient by S.D. PanaioTaku staffordshire A veil of golden yellow

A veil of golden yellow infuses the sky and touches the stonework

such as the mighty Mississippi along the eastern border

home to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Albi Cathedral

they serve to engage the viewer

Hong Kong Travel Poster: The Riviera of the Orient by S.D. PanaioTaku staffordshire A veil of golden yellowHong Kong. The Riviera of the orient by S. D. PanaioTaku is a luminous Art Deco travel poster celebrating the citys harbor front glamour. Framed by a stately clock tower and a sweep of water under a velvet night sky, the composition distills early 20thcentury wanderlust into a single, sophisticated image. The phrase Riviera of the Orient captures how Hong Kong marketed itself in the interwar years: cosmopolitan, seaside, and irresistibly modernwhere