Honeywell Portable Computer prop from 2001 A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick . 1968 . This is a publicity still .May 2 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1968 #2001
Trans-Atlantic Cable Car . Retro-future concept art by Gian Andri Bezzola .Apr 13 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
' Deck-mounted bath bridge filler ' 1950 Belle Aire by Lefroy Brooks .Apr 3 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/DesignPorn ⋅ #1950
' Deck-mounted bath bridge filler ' aka bathroom fittings . 1950 Belle Aire by Lefroy Brooks .Apr 3 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1950
Toyota Maru 144 Cargo Submarine concept . John Berkey . Late 80'sMar 7 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #144 #80
Blade Runner concept art . Deckard's Apartment . Syd Mead . 1982Mar 25 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1982
Syd Mead . 1969 . Commissioned by the Alcoa Aluminum Corporation to produce illustrations for some major US mags like ' Time ' . This was a high density cliff community idea envisioning aluminium ( aluminum ) use in urban infrastructure .Apr 5 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #aluminum #1969
' Engines ' by Maciej Rebisz . From Space That Never Was exhibition . What I find striking is the sense of unease & dread it seems to bring on , presumably due to the enormous contrast in size , the unmitigated existential frailty of that astronaut and the thought of the 'on' switch .Apr 5 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
1971 Star Streak I , motorhome . Hand-built , designed by USAF Lt-Col Paul Jones . He used the front-wheel-drive platform of a 1971 Olds Toronado, providing a low floor .Apr 11 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1971
Große Lichtplastik neon light sculpture at The International Congress Centre , Berlin . Designed by Frank Oehring in 1979 .May 2 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1979
Production still from 2001:A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick . 1968.Apr 25 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1968 #2001
Concept art for the film ' Black Hole ' . 1979 . Robert McCallApr 8 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1979
80's style retrofuturism by artist Killian Eng . Album cover art .Apr 29 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #80
Snow Walker from a 1969 portfolio Syd Mead did for US steel.Apr 28 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1969
SAAB LX . 1940s . Swedish supersonic fighter aircraft concept designed by Sixten Sason.Apr 27 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
' Roads that Glow! ' . Arthur Radebaugh . 1964 . Originally appeared in an RCA print ad for transistors .Mar 29 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1964
Eagle Transporter . The iconic workhorse spacecraft from the 1970's TV series Space:1999 . Designed by Brian Johnson .May 3 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1970 #1999
Art from 'Silent Running' , the 1972 movie by Douglas Trumbull . Artist George AkimotoApr 28 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1972
Peter Elson 1978 . Appeared in a number of books & as cover art for ' Ice & Iron ' by Wilson Tucker . He contributed to the conceptual design of the 1997 film The Fifth Element .Apr 18 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1978 #1997
Zukunftsfantasien (Future Fantasies) series - titled Wireless Private Phone and Television . 1930Mar 6 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #Future-Fantasies #1930
'Sea City of the Future' .1984 . From the book 'The Future World of Agriculture' . The artist is uncredited .Apr 26 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1984
Discovery CM cutaway & detail - Artist : Oliver Rennet . Featured in the book The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s '2001: A Space Odyssey' by Piers Bizony . I never really got the anatomy until I saw this . Fantastic work .Mar 27 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/StanleyKubrick ⋅ #2001
Fractal type rendering made by me using Javascript code in the browser .Jun 2024 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/woahdude
Ford concept car . Syd Mead . 1958 . It appeared in his ' Sentinel ' book but I can't find a solid reference to an actual name ( Possibly Ford Apache)Mar 24 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #Possibly-Ford-Apache #1958
' View from the Office Window ' . Apollo 7 . Oct 12 , 1968Mar 14 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/apollo ⋅ #1968 #12 #7
' Tales From The Loop ' . Simon Stalenhag . He has a distinct retrofuturist style and you can see echoes of Syd Mead - Stalenhag has cited him as an influence . It's quite a sight that belching , levitating machine with it's underslung array of ' magnetrine discs ' and bright cabin .Apr 6 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Ship 14. Simon Stalenhag from the world of 'Tales from the Loop'Apr 27 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #14
Concept art for Blade Runner - Deckard's Blaster . 1982 . Syd Mead .Apr 13 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1982
Speed Trap. Syd Mead .1976. Part of his 'Future Cities' work . He's using his signature gouache-on-board method .May 5 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1976
Buzz , mention ' how it's easier for you to get out first' one more time ! I dare you , I double dare you MF ! . OK - Not really the CDR's style , anyone got anything more fitting ?Mar 12 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/apollo
Custom-built 1962 Ford Thunderbird known as the Outer Limits Bubble Top, featured on the show Full Custom Garage .Apr 10 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1962
Downtown Troy , New York in 2016 as imagined in 1916 . The image is from a program for a vaudeville show that played at the old Proctor's in Troy .Apr 14 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1916 #2016
Bell Aerosystems Lunar Landing Research Vehicle . 2 were made . First flight Oct 1964 . The training vehicles came later - 3 LLTVs . Armstrong ejected from LLRV-1 . This looks like a ground test .Mar 20 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/apollo ⋅ #1964 #1 #2 #3
Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Air-Car . Ground-effect vehicle - hovercraft . 1959 . Powered by two 180 hp Lycoming engines that ran fans located fore and aft .Mar 26 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1959 #2500 #180
Aldebaran Nuclear Pulse Jet / SSTO Spaceplane concept . Dandridge Cole . Art by Roy Kerswill . 1965Mar 16 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1965
'Camping Out' . Syd Mead . Part of his U.S. Steel portfolio . Mid 70'sMar 19 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #70
' Discovery One ' from 2001: A Space Odyssey . Artist : Oliver Rennert . commisioned for a book about the making of Stanley Kubrick's seminal film .Mar 27 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #2001
X-PACK 400 Experimental Air Car . George Barris . 1959 .Mar 4 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1959 #400
Syd Mead work I haven't seen before . Despite my best efforts I'm unable to find any details regarding this piece . It's classic Syd style and it's signed by him plus it's congruent with some of his commissioned work .Apr 25 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Test your knowledge . Do you know who this is and where he fits in ? No cheating !!Mar 8 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/apollo
Atoms for Peace . Frank Tinsley . 1956 . Nuclear-powered dirigible .Mar 25 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1956
McDonnell Douglas MD-2001 Orient Express . AA Livery . 1985 . Art by Horonzak .Mar 22 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1985 #2001
' Pacific Breeze ' . Simon Stalenhag from his book ' The Electric State 'Apr 1 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
' Clean Air Park ' . Fred Freeman circa 1959 . Really outstanding work - watercolour & ink on paper .Apr 16 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1959
Commuter car concept art . Syd Mead . 1962 . Part of a portfolio of work he did for US Steel.Mar 15 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1962
' Inside the Lunar Base ' . Fred Freeman .1952 . Published originally in Collier'sApr 19 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1952
Cyber Mind Virtual Reality Center advertisement featuring a Virtuality 1000 series system. Dates from the early '90s.May 4 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1000
Soviet Retro . ' Home in Orbit ' ( Дом на орбите ) . Book for youngsters . Pavel Klushantsev . 1970's .Mar 10 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1970
' Futureworld ' film poster , promotional concept art . Drew Struzan . 1976Mar 26 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1976
Klaus Burgle . Wustenbus (Desert Bus) . Published in the German youth annual Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) in 1958 .Apr 11 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #The-New-Universe #Desert-Bus #1958
Jim's Burgers (store 10) . Boyle Heights . East LA .Mar 13 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #store-10
Japan . Nankai 50000 series Rapi:t in a special Neo Zeon livery. Commonly known as the Red Comet Rapi:t . A collaboration between Nankai Electric Railway and the anime movie Mobile Suit Gundam UC . Retro-futuristic 'Streamline Moderne' aesthetic .Mar 28 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #50000
Let's Go to the Fair and Futurama . GM Poster for NY World's Fair 64-65 .Mar 17 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #64 #65
Los Manantiales Restaurant , Xochimilco borough of Mexico City . Designed by Spanish-Mexican architect and structural engineer Felix Candela in 1958.May 1 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1958
Sprint Craft . Syd Mead . 1957 - drawn in 1957 whilst a student at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.Apr 28 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1957
GM Bonanza concept . Richard Ardib . 1972 . An enormous, all-in-one leisure-mobile for the future .Apr 5 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1972
Space Frontier by Robert McCall . Early 70's . Commissioned by NASA to help communicate future space travel concepts to policymakers and the public .Apr 25 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #70
' Orbitron ' . Custom show car . Builder - Ed Big Daddy Roth . 1964 .Mar 29 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1964
1955 Ford 'Beatnik' . Heavily customised standard 1955 Ford by Gary ' Chopit Fioto .Apr 18 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1955
Star Trek Tricorder box art . Mego Corp . 1975 . Artist uncredited .Apr 10 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1975
Space Patrol Car - Mahha . Cover art for a model kit . Manufactured by Otaki . Artist unknown . Classic Japanese retrofuturism from 1968 .Apr 7 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1968
The Rise of the Computerized School 1969 Shigeru Komatsuzaki for the weekly manga magazine 'Shonen Sunday' .Apr 22 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1969
The Jetsons . 1962 . William Hanna & Joseph Barbera . ABC Network .Apr 11 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1962
Buck Rogers 25th Century Interplanetary Space Fleet model kits poster . 1934 . Publisher : John F Dille Co .Apr 13 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1934
Fred Freeman . 1956 . Published in Collier's March 14 , 1953 . Fantastic painting !Apr 18 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1953 #1956 #14
The Tokyo of 2061 by Tenan Ito, originally published in the magazine Tanoshii Yonensei in 1961.Apr 28 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1961 #2061
'Popular Science' cover art . Edgar F. Wittmack . Dec 1938 . Yes , it's a fishing simulator - somehow !Mar 20 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1938
Herausforderung (Challenge) 1976 German F1 Concept Car for the 21st century . Designed by Michael Stirm .Apr 13 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #Challenge #1976
Moon Motel signage . Originally built 1966 . Route 9 in Howell Township, New Jersey.Mar 18 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1966 #9
' Tales From The Loop ' - 'The Remote Glove' . Simon Stalenhag . 2010s . An artist known for his retrofuturistic style - which is rendered digitally in a manner resembling traditional media such as oils .Mar 29 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Lobby and Sunken Lounge - TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) New York City.Mar 16 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #JFK
Visiona 1 Futuristic living habitat designed by Italian industrial designer Joe Colombo .1969Mar 21 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1969 #1
Odyssey Spacesuits . 1968 . For ' 2001 A Space Odyssey ' , a Stanley Kubrick masterpiece . Designed by Harry Lange who had worked with NASA & Wernher von Braun as an illustrator .Mar 25 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1968 #2001
Lockheed Flatbed concept late 1970's . The idea was it could carry outsize cargo but also mount a modular cabin for passengers or normal size cargo . About the size & weight of an Airbus A-300 .Apr 1 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1970 #300
' US Steel Print Series No.4 ' cargo truck concept - 1967 . Syd Mead . It originally appeared in a limited-edition promotional catalogue titled USS Family of Steels, which was distributed to executives in the automotive industry.Apr 1 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1967 #4