Showing posts with label retro-future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retro-future. Show all posts
Vintage Cars: Automodule
Retro Futurism: Automodule by Jean-Pierre Ponthieu
First came the "Pussycar" and then came the "Automodule" - a car for the future.
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Retro-Future: Futurecar
Raggmunk: Futurecar
Swedish enthusiast Sigvard Bergren finished his project "Futurecar" in 1951...
Google translated.
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Vintage Magazines: Google Search
The excellent Modern Mechanix blog points out that over at Google Book Search you can now find "full indexed scans of every Popular Science and Popular Mechanics issue online". This is great of course but they don't have Modern Mechanix (yet anyway) so don't forget to visit the Modern Mechanix blog.
Cartoon: Rhapsody of Steel
Rhapsody of Steel
In this post from January ASIFA said: "Today we scanned a read-along storybook adaptation of John Sutherland's industrial film, Rhapsody of Steel (1959). Sutherland's studio was very influential in the mid-1950s, employing some of the best designers in the business. This film is no exception."
There is also a QuickTime link in the post!
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Book Covers: Architecture paperbacks
Architecture paperbacks - a set on Flickr
by maraid
Maraid Design | Blog
Via Mr J
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Transportation: Yesterday's Airports of Today
"This is a 1935 model for an underground air terminal. After landing, aircraft would go underground to various levels for passengers, maintenance, and cargo loading. Connections to ground transportation are at the lowest level."
Quote and image from The Smithsonian website - America by Air.
Via BibliOdyssey
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Retro-Future: Means of transportation
Flying saucer bus, Science and Mechanics, December 1950
Retro-Future: Means of transportation for yesterday's tomorrow.
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