Am I bad for thinking it'd look better as a painting or CG?
Nope, and with a name like Avante Garde combined Russian Art History I would have hoped for something more dramatic,
perhaps even Constructivist (ala Tatlin, Lissitzky[
extremely influential in typography/book design], Rodchenko) or Suprematist (ala Malevich, my personal fave).
Tatlin actually designed a flying machine. :)
A famous poster by Rodchenko:
Malevich,
Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying, 1915