/r/RetroFuturism
This subreddit focuses on the futurist visions of eras past. However posts may also contain contemporary art with a retrofuturist theme.
Futurism was born out of humanity's sudden thrust into technological revolution. To the many that witnessed the dramatic, rapid change, it seemed a technological utopia was fast approaching. This unbridled optimism caused the collective imagination to run wild.
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Dreams of the future reveal more about the mind of the dreamer than the future itself.
This subreddit focuses on the futurist visions of eras past. However posts may also contain contemporary art with a retrofuturist theme.
Futurism was born out of humanity's reaction to a sudden thrust into technological revolution. To the many that witnessed the rapid change, it seemed technological utopia was fast approaching. This unbridled optimism caused the collective imagination to run wild.
Although many of these visions seem almost comical now - the spirit in which they were created is part of the reason you are currently looking into a glowing rectangle with unlimited, instant access to the sum of all human knowledge.
POSTING GUIDELINES:
Vintage =/= Retrofuturism
Vintage Sci-fi =/= Retrofuturism
Please avoid posting vintage technology, unless it has a intentionally and obviously "futuristic" design.
I will work to prevent default sub syndrome: clickbait titling, meme-ification, etc. So please watch the titling and try to be as informative as possible! Vast majority of submissions have been perfect for the sub and the community is great. Just want to nip any trends in the bud. I reserve the right prune low-quality and/or questionable content to keep the frontpage looking good!
Post only:
1. Futurist visions from eras past.
2. Contemporary art with a retrofuturist theme.
3. Discussion threads related to retrofuturism.
Related Subreddits:
r/ImaginaryTechnology - Sci-Fi and Fantasy art featuring robots, cyborgs, mechanisms and spaceships.
r/FuturePorn - A subreddit for futuristic concept designs.
r/WorldOfTomorrow - Present day predictions of what the future might hold.
r/ImaginaryHistory - If the infinite multi-verse theory turns out to be true, all of this actually exists.
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An atomic powered bus from the movie The Big Bus, 1976.
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Experimental teleportation of a live guinea pig in Benjamin Witwer's 'Radio Mates' from Amazing Stories July 1927. Art by Frank R Paul.
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Sputnik Watch
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Gave me the same vibes I used to get from the covers of F&SF back in the 70s
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Assignment In Eternity by Robert A Heinlein; cover art by Ric Binkley
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“Space Conquest" (1976), Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR. Artist: Vladimir Gerasimovich Mishin. Photographer unknown
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Lecture: Retrofuturism: in search of lost illusions
Lecture within the framework of the seminar "Retrofuturism"
Each of the epochs assumed its own project of the future. This future was built from what surrounded people, pushing to the limit the trends that seemed most important to contemporaries. And what seemed like a real possibility some 50 or 100 years ago now looks either naive or creepy.
At the lecture, we will try to figure out what attracts us to the alternative future and how it happens.
Lecturer — Vladislav Degtyarev, PhD in Cultural Studies, Associate professor of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, specialist in English art and architecture, author of the books "The Past as a field of creativity" (Moscow, 2018), "Baroque as connection and Rupture" (Moscow, 2021), "Madonna among the Ruins" (St. Petersburg, 2022) and "Memory and Oblivion of Ruins" (Moscow, 2023).
The lecture will be given today, October 24, 2024. At the Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg.
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promotional artwork by the Boeing Company
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[OC] Production boards for my retro-futuristic digital watch came in!
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Exploring Titan, Largest Moon of Saturn by Chesley Bonestell, 1950
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“Space Age - Astronomical Precision”, (1983 Soviet watch ad)
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Daliborka Stojšić, Miss Universe of Yugoslavia with MiG-21 Fishbed. 1968 [1080×1375] idk why but I feel like this belongs here
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April 1965 Space World cover art by Roy Kerswill
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"Drawing shows how moon plant could be used as a supplier of fuel" by John Gorsuch, 1964
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(US) National Commission on Space report published in spring 1986
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Forbidden Planet movie poster
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‘Beyond Tomorrow’ artwork by Roy Scarfo, 1965
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The ZIL-118 "Yunost" Minibus (1961), USSR. Photographer unknown
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Inside-Out Worldaka "Hollow Asteroid, interior view," 1965, by Roy Scarfo
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Subsurface Lunar Colony by Roy Scarfo, 1965
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What happens if the NBA World of year 1988 tries to predict Modern Game of Today?
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glitched out space age
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This user has few cool drawing that would fit this sub fairly well.
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I was told people here would appreciate this retrofuturist PDA I designed for my videogame. (OC)
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