As someone who lived in a post-socialist country this is highly disturbing9mo ⋅ somesz ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world2yr ⋅ hungryhungoverhippo ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Whitney Wolverine; An atomic age influenced .22 pistol produced from '56-'571yr ⋅ HaveGunsWillShoot ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Car manufacturer Tatra explaining aerodynamics in a simple way for anyone to understand3mo ⋅ 7bitcoin ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
1930s architecture looked incredibly futuristic when it was first built4mo ⋅ archineering ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
[OC] You guys liked the retrofuturistic interior paintings I did last year, so here my last one!11mo ⋅ pizza_chode ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
The earth scraper an underground skyscraper concept that wood be built in Mexico city6mo ⋅ Erewhon1984 ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
A Fifties navigation system. Don't know who imagined this but I love it!2yr ⋅ GiantNormalDwarf ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Receptionist waits at her desk. General Motors Technical Center, 19654mo ⋅ getyourrealfakedoors ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
1958 Golden Sahara II with Goodyear's Illuminated Neothane Glow-Tyres1wk ⋅ robot_giggles ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Wernher Von Braun discusses his concept for a sustainable Space Station in 19562d ⋅ digital ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
An epic Paris of the future, illustrated by Moebius, aka Jean Giraud.3mo ⋅ Bernard_Hunor_Deak ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Hoverboards and delivery drones predicted in a 1958 Soviet cartoon1yr ⋅ GeneReddit123 ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
The dystopic future of Manhattan as envisioned by architect and artist Hugh Ferriss in the early 1920s. The shadows cast by and onto the futuristic buildings become as important as their revealed external surfaces. New York. 1922. Andy Blair collection1mo ⋅ MyDogGoldi ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
James Bond receives a text via his smartwatch in The Spy Who Loved Me.2yr ⋅ malakeos ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
100 Years Ago Today (April 9, 1922) American Weekly Magazine envisions Manhattan in 100 years, in 2022.1mo ⋅ ClapboardArchipelago ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
The linear city (illustration in a Finnish newspaper, 1919): A future apartment building as designed by an American engineer. These newfangled apartments have a tramway in the basement, a boulevard on the roof, and they're surrounded by the countryside.2wk ⋅ UnculturedGames ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
The delegate from Venus by Edward Valigursky, cover for Amazing Science Fiction Stories, October 19581yr ⋅ Xeelee1123 ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
In 1898 this is how they predicted police work in year 2000.8mo ⋅ Bernard_Hunor_Deak ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Howard Johnson Anaheim hotel room, inspired by Disneyland's original Tomorrowland2wk ⋅ th3thrilld3m0n ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
This was an actual space suit Grumman Aircraft Corp tried to sell NASA in 1962.4yr ⋅ Novusod ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Anyone seen the bus stops built in the USSR? Links to more pics in comments2yr ⋅ lucasliso ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Buick created the first car touchscreen all the way back in 1986. The technology was dropped because customers were complaining about taking their eyes off the road, and it wouldn’t been seen again for some time.6mo ⋅ ashe101ashe ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Italian movie poster for Cannes Winner Solaris Sci-fi movie by Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR, 19721yr ⋅ agisten ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
1963: You'll be able to carry a phone in your pocket in the future1yr ⋅ badgeofdescension ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
My grandfather was an artist for General Motors from 1950's to 1980's, here are some of his concepts for cars of the future1yr ⋅ That_Martian_Man ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Art by David Schleinkofer commissioned by Berkley Books for Robert Silverberg’s book Across a Billion Years but never used. 19696mo ⋅ Bernard_Hunor_Deak ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
One of the last steam trains from Belgium. If I recall correctly, only 6 were made and only number 4 is still alive.2yr ⋅ florre ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Whitney Wolverine, an ‘Atomic Age’ influenced .22 pistol from the 1950s1yr ⋅ DeauxDeaux ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Always loved this painting at my local mexican restaurant! I have no info about it though.6mo ⋅ Woejack ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
