We organized centuries of Alabama history into distinctive eras, named the time periods and created custom collage illustrations for each one, reflecting the predominant themes of the era. Each collage would serve as a panel of the exhibit and a poster in the series. For flexible usage, we designed the illustrations within circular medallions — this graphic device allowed us to adapt the artwork for dynamic applications. The poster series captures the full sweep of Alabama history with conceptual, visual stories. For early time periods, visual assets were sparse, so we created the elements from a wealth of research, and for continuity of style, we artfully blended original illustrations, graphics and photography in the later time periods. As a series, we designed the transition from early to modern time periods to be seamless.