Back to the Future
Keeping with the unintentional "retro" theme today, Boing-Boing links to a French art website that has weirdly delightful drawings of what life might be like in the year 2000...by artists back in 1910!
There's about 2 dozen illustrations...here's a few of my favorites:
There's about 2 dozen illustrations...here's a few of my favorites:
This would have been handy 6 years ago!
Wow! Roller blades!?
I was struck at how much this actually resembles my own propane fueled computer/webcam set-up! Heh! Betcha they use Vonnage!
posted by white trash republican at Wednesday, September 12, 2007
5 Comments:
Great find.
It is cool, ain't it?
What I find so amusing is that even with all the crude "futuristic" Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions-the fashions are the same as the era they were drawn!
I'm fond of the radioactive fireplace, myself. And the airship. Love the airship.
H.H.- I'm with you about the airship!
To hell with a flying car, I want one of THOSE!
(But where to park it?)
The Harley-Davidsons looked a little more crude than in 2000
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