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



