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This was one of the blogs I enjoyed, have not kept up with it: https://paleofuture.com/
First is the original tomorrowland, a future of rocketships, futuristic cars.
Next came EPCOT of the 1970s on the heels of Earth Day and environmental sensibilities.
Then both tomorrowland and EPCOT were reburbished with a future of computers and videao games.
Most recently it is the Star Wars experience "long ago and far away" another blast from the 1970s.
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Zillions of people. Usually it gets called steampunk (18xx) or dieselpunk (193x-194x). 195x-6x futurism usually ends up going very Googie. And we’re starting to see 70s/80s retrofuturism, mostly I’d say the word associated with that is vaporwave. More art than actual tech, and most of the tech is one-off hand-built stuff.
Would cyberpunk count as 90s retrofuturism? Or have we decided it hits too close to home for present times?
Not sure there’s a finer visual artist to produce in the medium of retrofuturism than Syd Mead - passed away late last year unfortunately but left an inspiring catalog and vision of the future that I imagine will endure a very long time -> https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-syd-mead/
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Agreed, as in: Steampunk is actually a form of retrofuturism
The Wikipedia article does describe steampunk as a high-profile example. Also interesting to note the two non-distinct forms of retrofuturism: "the future as seen from the past" and "the past as seen from the future". Steampunk is an example of the latter.
Various parts of Disneyland exhibit versions of retrofuturism. First is the original tomorrowland, a future of rocketships, futuristic cars. Next came EPCOT of the 1970s on the heels of Earth Day and environmental sensibilities. Then both tomorrowland and EPCOT were reburbished with a future of computers and videao games. Most recently it is the Star Wars experience "long ago and far away" another blast from the 1970…
Not sure there’s a finer visual artist to produce in the medium of retrofuturism than Syd Mead - passed away late last year unfortunately but left an inspiring catalog and vision of the future that I imagine will endure a very long time -> https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-syd-mead/