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
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
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
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
'Sea City of the Future' .1984 . From the book 'The Future World of Agriculture' . The artist is uncredited .Apr 26 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1984
' 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
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
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
' 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
' Inside the Lunar Base ' . Fred Freeman .1952 . Published originally in Collier'sApr 19 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #1952
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
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
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
Herausforderung (Challenge) 1976 German F1 Concept Car for the 21st century . Designed by Michael Stirm .Apr 13 ⋅ SevenSharp ⋅ r/RetroFuturism ⋅ #Challenge #1976
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
