Retrofuturism: how artists of the twentieth century imagined the world of the future (20 photos)

Many artists and science fiction writers of the twentieth century imagined the future we are currently in is unbelievable advanced and technological. In general, this is how it turned out, because for a century, mankind has achieved what they could not even dream of before. However, alas, not everyone had time. A resort base has not yet been built on the moon, Mars was not colonized, despite the efforts of Elon Musk, but dolphins until they assist astronauts on space stations. And the rest we did great overall! Let's see how the artists of the twentieth century envisioned the world of the future.

flying cruise ship





space resort



Long live atomic energy!





"Delegate from Venus". Cover art by Edward Waligursky for Amazing Science Fiction Stories, October 1958.



Concept car of the future by General Motors artist, 1950s



Android woman. This illustration was drawn by artist Ed Emshwiller in 1954.



Sid Meade Space Colony



New York in the 1990s. Artist Ed Emsh. The drawing was created in 1952.



Advertisement for Motorola in the 60s



Messenger concept in 1964



Helper dolphins. This is the cover of the March issue of Future magazine. Life (#17), created by artist Rick Sternbach in 1980.



Personal transport of the future



Vertical City of the Future from Judge, 1895



Wrist computer. This is how Robert Tinney imagined the computer of the future in 1981.



Secretary of the Future



Autopilot car, 70s



Moon exploration



How in the Soviet Union in 1949 the magazine "Tekhnika Molodezhi" imagined the future



Skype sample 1910



Oh those scooters! In 1920, people imagined that the future generations will ride on electric scooters. How they looked into the water!