Tumblr (3.0; @vintagefuture)http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1e385e99965cb372eda72616db6ed47f/tumblr_mjkbh1C97z1s54j2po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scifi-covers.com/post/45222887132/retrofuturism-space-station">scificovers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Weltraumstation (Space Station) (1949), unpublished watercolor study by Klaus Bürgle</p> <p>Makes what space stations we have managed to launch into orbit seem downright puny, doesn’t it?</p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/48132002056http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/48132002056Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:57:11 -0400space station<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fc458cc5649a3cc4efddd8b567180f72/tumblr_mjo38mm80n1qzss4xo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1d462775342e452bf2864d8ffa63c3b6/tumblr_mjo38mm80n1qzss4xo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c5de52103fb2bd1fc82dee3da24d0509/tumblr_mjo38mm80n1qzss4xo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://latimes.tumblr.com/post/45363172453/the-brave-new-world-of-2013-you-may-not-have-a">latimes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The brave new world of…2013</strong></p> <p>You may not have a robot dog, techno-comforts or kids listening to “futura-rock.” But some of the predictions in <a href="http://documents.latimes.com/la-2013/">this recently-rediscovered issue of the Los Angeles Times Magazine</a> largely hold true.</p> <p>Predictions about the increased prevalence of telecommunication, smarter cars (though ours don’t look as funky as the ones seen above) and globalization all seem to be rather spot-on, considering they were made in 1988!</p> <p>That said, there’s no way your morning starts out like this:</p> <blockquote> <p>With a barely perceptible click, the Morrow house turns itself on, as it has every morning since the family had it retrofitted with the Smart House system of wiring five years ago…in the study, the family’s personalized home newspaper, featuring articles on the subjects that interest them…is being printed by laser-jet printer off the home computer – all while the family sleeps.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://documents.latimes.com/la-2013/">Read through the full article here.</a></p> <p><em>Photos: Los Angeles Times</em></p> </blockquote> <p>The future is now!</p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/45716734650http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/45716734650Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:42:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbstx8YtDj1qg47tso1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://portadaz.tumblr.com/post/33450023167/2000-years-on-by-gems-from-the-collection-on">portadaz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gems_from_the_collection/421515343/" title="2000 Years On">2000 Years On</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gems_from_the_collection/">Gems from the Collection</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/44059453368http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/44059453368Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:00:03 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljti79tGW81qgxnelo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://themedvedable.tumblr.com/post/4700850392">themedvedable</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The City of the Future.</p> </blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://unrealized.tumblr.com/post/4977373633/themedvedable-the-city-of-the-future">unrealized</a></p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/35288817779http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/35288817779Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:00:03 -0500cityskyscraper<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb18c19q2i1rq3prxo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://9emeart.tumblr.com/post/32422854736/affiche-pour-la-douce-francois-schuiten">9emeart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Affiche pour la Douce</p> <p>Francois Schuiten</p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/34766224231http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/34766224231Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:44:57 -0400cityskyscrapertransportationtrain<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m12qy040pM1qf2pxpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cornballer.tumblr.com/post/31277429716/lol-play-pinball-while-in-the-pool-in-the">cornballer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>lol “Play pinball while in the pool, in…. THE FUUUTUUUUUURE”</p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/31284560273http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/31284560273Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:58:12 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8tczsnxjk1qzpxv2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hatethefuture.tumblr.com/post/29835377987/its-over-im-afraid-ill-be-here-if-you-need">hatethefuture</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The illustration above comes from Bruce McCall’s <em>Zany Afternoons</em>, my favorite book as a kid. I grew to adore all the usual science fiction, but McCall has a singular vision that will always stick with me—a blending of the now and the soon and the recent past—a dreamy nostalgia for disasters that hadn’t happened yet, like time was a pure contradiction, expanding in every direction. </p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/29837201818http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/29837201818Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:43:09 -0400cityskyscrapertransportation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m51qtyep171rs42pno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://n-architecture.tumblr.com/post/24809625013/the-city-of-the-future-april-1934-popular">n-architecture</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The city of the future (April, 1934 Popular Science Monthly)</p> <p><em><a href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/02/imagining-a-city-of-treelike-buildings/">Imagining a City of Treelike Buildings</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/25358600902http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/25358600902Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:55:32 -0400cityskyscraper<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57k62s22K1qzzvavo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>magnetic bullet trains</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.liveinternet.ru/community/lj_retro_futurism/post220293828/">LiveInternet</a></p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/24604528832http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/24604528832Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:00:01 -0400citytransportation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57k3yh0Ui1qzzvavo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://www.liveinternet.ru/community/lj_retro_futurism/">LiveInternet</a></p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/24555435943http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/24555435943Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:50:37 -0400space colony<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0vr9q2O431qz82gvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://inothernews.tumblr.com/post/19291076586/the-world-of-1950-as-envisioned-in-1925-via">inothernews</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/mar/13/future-cities-graphic-1925#zoomed-picture">The World of 1950, as Envisioned in 1925.</a></strong></p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/19292826590http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/19292826590Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:06:37 -0400cityskyscraper<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3ywfcoxA1qzy0ygo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crookedindifference.com/post/16348706756/the-future-tatsushi-morimoto-ca-80s">crookedindifference</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h4><a href="http://50watts.com/2483236/Space-Teriyaki-3">The future: Tatsushi Morimoto, ca. 80s</a></h4> </blockquote> <p>Love all the parks!</p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/16355155298http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/16355155298Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:40:16 -0500city<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxad2j3zkh1r1ozoho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spacequest.tumblr.com/post/16127998726/the-tokyo-of-2061-by-tenan-ito-tanoshii">spacequest</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“The Tokyo of 2061” by Tenan Ito,</p> <p>“Tanoshii Yonensei” (Happy 4th Year Student), 1961</p> </blockquote> <p>Is it the future yet? I want my elevated roads!</p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/16168592025http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/16168592025Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:05 -0500cityelevated roads<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv4m7lfCoI1qg9bz9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <span class="action"><a class="tumblelog" href="http://hyperuniverse.tumblr.com/" title="HyperUniverse">hyperuniverse</a></span></p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/13919097894http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/13919097894Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:00:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvp7ji1qPV1qd7m1so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Next Frontier by Isaac Asimov <br/>National Geographic July 1976</p> <p>via <a href="http://surrogate-self.com/">surrogateself</a></p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/13783785433http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/13783785433Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:28:02 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuah5iuxtp1qzl4xto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://propagandery.tumblr.com/post/276181704/i-love-the-inefficiency-and-yet-perfect">propagandery</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I love the inefficiency and yet perfect rationality of the pneumatic tube city.</p> <p>via <a href="http://casiotone401.tumblr.com/post/273295347/a077774daa5ef14a7a87f5fe8938ce398fb816c7-m-jpg">casiotone401</a></p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/11022838874http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/11022838874Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:56:07 -0400subwaytransportationcity<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln5v3pG8kS1qbs6i5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://metropolisoftomorrow.tumblr.com/post/8389863273">metropolisoftomorrow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A lot of vintage depictions of futuristic cities involved these elevated roads supported by and passing through skyscrapers. The idea is pretty impractical, but it looks awesome</p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/8395648533http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/8395648533Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:12:09 -0400cityskyscraper<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln5uw7hW9c1qzzvavo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Moving Sidewalks in the city of the future</p>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/6769092343http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/6769092343Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:09:43 -0400citytransportation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llnow1w6PN1qzp25bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.shitmyjorts.com/post/5769315847">misprinted</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Personal discopter, <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=WjpOAAAAEBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=2377835&hl=en&ei=gIXaTdCrMorZrQfpvI3qBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA">patented </a>in 1943.</p> <p>From the marginally exceptional <a href="http://www.kutonotuk.com/">kutonotuk</a></p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/5772086426http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/5772086426Mon, 23 May 2011 14:03:44 -0400flying cartransportation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll04dymOAA1qd5gp4o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://popmech.tumblr.com/post/5424004520">popmech</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Dec. 1963 issue.</p> </blockquote>http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/5425363002http://vintagefuture.tumblr.com/post/5425363002Thu, 12 May 2011 14:06:46 -0400monorailtransportation