Today marks the 60-year anniversary of that epic airport arrival. On Feb. 7, 1964, flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport, triggering the launch of “Beatlemania”. New York City will be celebrating the British invasion at the refurbished Eero Saarinen–designed TWA Hotel at JFK from Feb. 9–11. To honor the commemoration, designer and artist Marlene Weisman created a series of parody Beatles Air travel posters, combining references to song titles and lyrics with hints of TWA typography.

After making my list of destinations mentioned in Beatles lyrics, I sketched out some layout ideas by hand for each poster. Then I scoured digital public domain sites for location visuals, also snagging some PD vintage WPA-era illustrations to possibly use as well—you can see I adapted one for Blue Jay Way. To “up” the vintage factor with an illustrative look, I played around with my finds in Photoshop and Illustrator. And all my type design is done in Illustrator. Of course, I made a deep study of the TWA logo, too—to get FLY Beatles Air just right.

I then prepped them for production, as these are printed as physical 11×17 posters, and will be on display at next weekend’s Fest for Beatles Fans (Feb 9–11).