The 1927 menu programme from White Star Line’s R.M.S. Olympic, sister ship of the Titanic, at the peak of her late-career Art Deco register.
The 1928 CGT Carte des Vins: Art Deco’s High Point at Sea
A close design reading of the 1928 Compagnie Générale Transatlantique wine list, among the strongest single design objects in the entire Buttolph archive.
Designing a Speakeasy Bar Wall with Vintage Menus
A practical playbook for bar owners and designers: how to build a single-statement, three-piece, or chronological menu wall that reads as curated rather than themed.
The Golden Age of Ocean Liner Dining, 1880–1930
How dining at sea became theatre: a history of transatlantic and royal-line menus from Cunard’s 1881 Servia to White Star’s last Art Deco Olympic in 1934.