Human beings are always looking ahead. Whether it’s trying to determine what the weather will look like next Sunday or imagining what capabilities cell phones will have in 20 years, we love predicting the future. And while our assumptions about what’s to come aren’t always accurate, they definitely are entertaining!
We’ve taken a trip to the RetroFuturism subreddit and gathered some of our favorite images from the group that might simultaneously transport you to the past and future. Enjoy scrolling through these depictions of what people several decades ago imagined our lives to be like, and keep reading to find a conversation with Tiffany Wilson of The Retrofuturist!Read More: “Retrofuturism”: 30 Predictions From Past Generations That Were Either A Hit Or A Miss
#1 Sublime 1969 Blaupunkt Pop 70 Sound System
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#2 I Feel Like This Fits Here
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#3 Facetime In The 1930s
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#4 1958 Golden Sahara II W/ Goodyear Illuminated Neothane Glow Tires
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#5 Wallpaper Found Under 3 Layers Of Other Wallpaper
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#6 This Building In Newyawk’
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#7 ‘ship’s Cat’ By Keith Spangle
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#8 Television Newspaper – Some Day You May Be Able To Receive The Front Page Of Your Morning Newspaper This Way
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#9 James Bond Receives A “Text” Via His Smartwatch In The Spy Who Loved Me
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#10 Gas Station In Germany 1958
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#11 Artoo Deco
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#12 Cosplay Metropolis
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#13 Vintage Retro Computer Alien Design 1955, By Panalina
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#14 Can’t Say She Wasn’t Right (1982)
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#15 Beautifully Styled Gas Station In Slovakia
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#16 Monument To The Conquerors Of Space, Moscow, Russia (1964)
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#17 Information Desk Inside The Twa Terminal, Circa 1962
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#18 Statue Of Yuri Gagarin In Moscow, Completed In 1980
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#19 We Really Messed Up
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#20 Interior Of The A 1985 Nissan 300zx
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#21 My Grandfather Was An Artist For General Motors From 1950’s To 1980’s, Here Are Some Of His Concepts For Cars Of The Future
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#22 1955 Ford Beatnik Bubble
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#23 The Toronto Reference Library
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#24 Habitable Space Station
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#25 This “Convenient” Kitchen From ’74
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#26 Receptionist Waits At Her Desk. General Motors Technical Center, 1965
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#27 A Vestige Of The Past
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#28 The Communist Party Headquarters In Paris (Architect: Oscar Niemeyer)
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