The design descent of airline baggage tags from beauty to utility
Skift Take
The homogenization of baggage tags mirrors the evolution of the flying experience from luxurious to commonplace by trading in artwork for the cold practicality of a black bar code.
In July alone, 53 million passengers boarded domestic flights. Only about one-third of 1 percent reported a mishandled bag. Given the phenomenal scale of American aviation (measured in seats and mil
