Retro futurism...

[Fyrefox]

The future as seen from the past or retro-futurism is a fascinating study. In many cases visionaries took something that they were familiar with, and added embellishments or extrapolations that were fanciful for the time. The results could be hilarious, entertaining, short-sighted, or in some cases eerily accurate. What examples in design, fashion, everyday living, or technology can you find of predictions of the future made from the past?

 

[Ronni]

 

[SmoothSeas]

yesterday's tomorrows, eh...?

this should prove to be an interesting thread.

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

What does everyone think about flying cities?

Would you live in one?

 

[Aunt Marg]

City in the clouds

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

Anyone else love retro architecture?

 

[Judycat]

Quaint, but floating cities are still on the table. Right?

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[fmdog44]

What does everyone think about flying cities?

Would you live in one?

We may not have a choice!

 

[Aunt Marg]

We may not have a choice!

It's definitely causes one to ponder the possibilities of living outside that of the everyday norm as we have become so accustomed to knowing.

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

For all the car buffs here!

Pontiac Club de Mer

- Wheelbase:103.251 in
- Length:180.001 in
- Height:38.401 in

 

[Fyrefox]

And don’t forget...airships! Before the Hindenburg disaster, zeppelins were considered to be the future of aviation, and the huge craft were thought to be going to be floating in the skies over many cities...

 

[Fyrefox]

Yesterday’s tomorrows usually included robots. Now these ‘bots came in a variety of types, from domestic servants who would do all of your work for you so you’d never have to lift a finger to other, darker types who could be quite...menacing, both to you individually and the human race as a whole. Bad robots were often made by mad scientists, who could be evil incarnate...