futurism

What War? Twentieth Century Japan’s Views Of The Future Were Impossibly Bright

Imagine a world where robots reared your children, and wars were waged underwater. Add a splash of nostalgia, a touch of Jules Verne and super-saturated hues, and you’ve got the “future” according to Japanese retro-futurists. The movement roughly spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, which covered a series of...

By Erin Kelly • Mar 29, 2015

What War? Twentieth Century Japan’s Views Of The Future Were Impossibly Bright

Imagine a world where robots reared your children, and wars were waged underwater. Add a splash of nostalgia, a touch of Jules Verne and super-saturated hues, and you’ve got the “future” according to Japanese retro-futurists. The movement roughly spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, which covered a series of...

By Erin Kelly • March 29, 2015

Women Of The Future, According To French Futurists In 1902

A. Berteget, a French photographer and artist at the turn of the 20th century, presents us this photo series entitled Women Of The Future. At times, the images almost seem like pin-ups, but the pride and the posture of the women tells a different story: Funny, though — if you...

By All That's Interesting • Feb 6, 2015

Women Of The Future, According To French Futurists In 1902

A. Berteget, a French photographer and artist at the turn of the 20th century, presents us this photo series entitled Women Of The Future. At times, the images almost seem like pin-ups, but the pride and the posture of the women tells a different story: Funny, though — if you...

By All That's Interesting • February 6, 2015

6 Future Homes For The Human Race

Greetings, earthlings: you're screwed. Here are six potential future homes for us when Earth becomes uninhabitable.

By Richard Stockton • Nov 24, 2014

6 Future Homes For The Human Race

Greetings, earthlings: you're screwed. Here are six potential future homes for us when Earth becomes uninhabitable.

By Richard Stockton • November 24, 2014

What The Future Looked Like In 1900

Humanity has long sought the ability to predict the future, and to a handful of candy connoisseurs in the height of the Second Industrial Revolution, it never looked brighter. On the cusp of a new century, Hildebrand’s, a then-leading German chocolate company, produced a set of cards depicting the “sweet”...

By All That's Interesting • Jun 26, 2013

What The Future Looked Like In 1900

Humanity has long sought the ability to predict the future, and to a handful of candy connoisseurs in the height of the Second Industrial Revolution, it never looked brighter. On the cusp of a new century, Hildebrand’s, a then-leading German chocolate company, produced a set of cards depicting the “sweet”...

By All That's Interesting • June 26, 2013