In visualizing the environments and graphics of Whitehead’s Ark, the artists looked at midcentury travel posters, classic science fiction book covers and surrealist paintings.
Cruise ship travel posters of Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) featuring exotic tropical destinations
Horacio Salinas’ minimalist science fiction cover artworks
Paintings by Henri Rousseau, Max Ernst and Yves Tanguy featured on covers of classic science fiction novellas
Cover art for Brian Aldiss’ Hothouse, artist uncredited
Tim White’s alien landscapes
The post-apocalyptic illustrations by Dick French for J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World
