{"id":70237,"date":"2023-04-07T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/?p=70237"},"modified":"2023-11-28T17:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T01:35:21","slug":"150th-anniversary-poster-contest-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/whats-new\/150th-anniversary-poster-contest-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Our 150th Anniversary Poster Contest Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 150th<\/sup> anniversary festivities for Holland America Line<\/a> are in full swing, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited! As we prepare for a transatlantic voyage from New York City to Rotterdam, the Netherlands \u2013 retracing (in reverse) the company\u2019s original voyage \u2013 we knew it was the perfect time to announce the winner of our 150th<\/sup> Anniversary Poster Contest that launched in February.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Cue the drumroll\u2026<\/p>\n

We\u2019re pleased to announce that Austin Thomas has won the grand prize of an Alaska cruise, sailing by Sept. 28, 2024, for his beautiful artwork commemorating Holland America Line\u2019s milestone celebration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"150th<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

When asked what inspired his design for the poster contest, he shared his desire to look back at the company\u2019s history<\/a> while also looking to its future.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause this was such an impressive anniversary, I wanted to dig into the history,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cHolland America Line is still impacting families and giving them life changing experiences 150 years later, but in a different way. I wanted to illustrate how excited a family immigrating to America in the 1800s might be seeing a modern-day family able to travel and see the world for leisure. And vice versa, how excited a modern family might be to spot a vessel straight out of the history books.\u201d<\/p>\n

In researching our posters over the years, he developed a deep appreciation for their approach and sentiment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vintage style gives a real character to the brand that affirms its history and commitment to aesthetic detail. The posters give a sense that you’re in for a larger-than-life experience and all seem to highlight that in an unexpected way. It felt like capturing those same sentiments would be crucial to my illustration.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Thomas was notified that his poster was the winning entry, he couldn\u2019t believe it. He said it was a dream come true, and having never been on a cruise, he can\u2019t wait to experience a journey at sea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love that Holland America Line provides people an accessible and fun way to experience the world. Travel has been very formative for me, so I look forward to the opportunity to see a new place for a completely different perspective on the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Did you know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Holland America Line was one of the first cruise lines to use the Art Deco style in its poster designs. In the early 1900s, Art Deco was emerging as a modern yet futuristic style with bold colors, sharp angles and incredible detail. It conveyed a transition from the old to the new.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t uncommon to see New York City captured in wording or imagery, as it conveyed a place of new opportunity and adventures.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1984,"featured_media":69680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","category-whats-new"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70578,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70237\/revisions\/70578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}