THE GALAXIE. A GALLERY OF BEAUTIFUL AND TIMELESS CLASSIC DESIGNS

A growing selection of my personal favourites.
Welcome to the Galaxie Design Classics.

My first ever love affair was with a late 50’s Cadillac. I was three at the time. Living in Washington DC. As we cruised round in our 1951 Studebaker, I’d yell, “ Cadillac, Dad!” every time I spotted one. It happened again when I was nine. I spotted four early 50’s Cadillacs on a spare block of land in Carlingford, NSW. They looked to me like Greek temples. I was overwhelmed. I still am. 

Just a few years later I fell for a gorgeous 1915 Douglas motorcycle. We were at the Australian War Museum. I fell in love with the very elegant lines of that Douglas. I realised that someone, somewhere, carefully designed it. Then when I was 15, I discovered guitars. I started playing music with some pals, and eventually bought a Fender Jazz Bass. Curvaceous, seductive, irresistable. One of the most beautiful guitars ever. 

And all that time, the same thought persisted. “Who was it who sat at a drawing board, somewhere, and penned the lines of all these works of art?” I wanted to know who it was. To recognise them, and to celebrate them. After many years in Sydney as a graphic designer, my wife and I took a break, and moved to country NSW. And I started drawing my favourite design classics. I ended up with a gallery full of them. 

The Galaxie Design Classics is the result.  It's a growing selection of my personal favourites. I try to capture the beauty and purity of the form and line. So I keep the drawings very simple and clean. Every line is done by hand, using digital tools. I don’t use any auto trace or imaging software. I work from multiple pics that I take myself, or source online. It’s always exciting, every time I start a new design.

And each poster is printed and framed individually, here in Australia. To museum grade quality - to the highest, most beautiful, and most durable standard available. So if you’re buying a Galaxie print, you are purchasing absolutely the finest quality print available.

Thanks for visiting my gallery. I hope you find something here you enjoy. And maybe something beautiful, that you can celebrate too. 

Richard Knight

Armidale, NSW

richard@thegalaxiedc.com