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While searching for images of Asteromo, I stumbled upon Fabio Feminò's gargantuan futurological collection. Not content simply to lift two images from the site, here's a selection from one of the galleries, Il Futuro Visto dal Passato.

Plug-In City by Archigram

(A 3D model of Archigram's Plug-In City.)

1939 nuclear power plant

(A nuclear power plant as imagined in 1939.)

(Operations in Antarctica.)

(The future peninsulas of San Francisco.)

(A domestic setting in Broadacre City by the part-time futurologist Frank Lloyd Wright.)

(A bird's-eye view of Broadacre City with the Mile High in the distant.)

(The washable metallic, retroprefab Lustron House.)

(The iPod-Segway 2.0 from Syd Mead.)

(The Mind Expanders of 1968.)

Underground lunar settlements

(Undeground lunar settlements as illustrated by Roy G. Scarfo.)

Flapwing car

(A city under a geodetic cupola and its primordial landscape.)

Link:
Fabio Feminò

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7 Comment(s)

Matthias Ripp said...: ( February 12, 2006 9:41:00 AM CST ); Very nice blog! I really enjoy reading it!
Alexander Trevi said...: ( February 12, 2006 2:31:00 PM CST ); Thanks, matthias. Come back anytime!
mason said...: ( February 12, 2006 10:10:00 PM CST ); nice alex.
and the great thing about those ceramic tiles on the lustron homes - which incidentally were a federal disaster in their own right - was that they became the signature cladding of a little chain food mini-empire named "White Castle"
Damien said...: ( February 13, 2006 11:49:00 AM CST ); Excellent post - I typically enjoy all posts on Pruned and think it is excellent - so thank you.

However, I'm sorry to say that the link at the bottom of the post refers to my weblog and not the site for Fabio Feminò. I've made a note of this on my blog - but you might want to change it when you get a chance.
Alexander Trevi said...: ( February 13, 2006 3:46:00 PM CST ); Oops! Don't know how that happened, perhaps due to an overzealous cmd-C maneuvers or a dissident cmd-V, but the link has been corrected.

Thanks for pointing it out, damien.
Alexander Trevi said...: ( February 13, 2006 4:03:00 PM CST ); and mason, your interesting architectural connection there compelled me to do some googling, and I came across this documentary: Lustron: The House America's Been Waiting For. Sounds like a must-see. I'll hunt it down.
mr nosebleed said...: ( December 26, 2007 10:52:00 AM CST ); you probably know this: http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/ so i might not be saying anything new, but just in case...

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Encyclopedia Retrofuturologica Saturday, February 11, 2006 \| Permalink While searching for images of Asteromo, I stumbled upon Fabio Feminò's gargantuan futurological collection. Not content simply to lift two images from the site, here's a selection from one of the galleries, Il Futuro Visto dal Passato. (A 3D model of Archigram's Plug-In City.) (A nuclear power plant as imagined in 1939.) (Operations in Antarctica.) (The future peninsulas of San Francisco.) (A domestic setting in Broadacre City by the part-time futurologist Frank Lloyd Wright.) (A bird's-eye view of Broadacre City with the Mile High in the distant.) (The washable metallic, retroprefab Lustron House.) (The iPod-Segway 2.0 from Syd Mead.) (The Mind Expanders of 1968.) (Undeground lunar settlements as illustrated by Roy G. Scarfo.) (A city under a geodetic cupola and its primordial landscape.) Link: Fabio Feminò Labels: archives 7 Comment(s) Matthias Ripp said... ( February 12, 2006 9:41:00 AM CST ) Very nice blog! I really enjoy reading it! Alexander Trevi said... ( February 12, 2006 2:31:00 PM CST ) Thanks, matthias. Come back anytime! mason said... ( February 12, 2006 10:10:00 PM CST ) nice alex. and the great thing about those ceramic tiles on the lustron homes - which incidentally were a federal disaster in their own right - was that they became the signature cladding of a little chain food mini-empire named "White Castle" Damien said... ( February 13, 2006 11:49:00 AM CST ) Excellent post - I typically enjoy all posts on Pruned and think it is excellent - so thank you. However, I'm sorry to say that the link at the bottom of the post refers to my weblog and not the site for Fabio Feminò. I've made a note of this on my blog - but you might want to change it when you get a chance. Alexander Trevi said... ( February 13, 2006 3:46:00 PM CST ) Oops! Don't know how that happened, perhaps due to an overzealous cmd-C maneuvers or a dissident cmd-V, but the link has been corrected. Thanks for pointing it out, damien. Alexander Trevi said... ( February 13, 2006 4:03:00 PM CST ) and mason, your interesting architectural connection there compelled me to do some googling, and I came across this documentary: Lustron: The House America's Been Waiting For. Sounds like a must-see. I'll hunt it down. mr nosebleed said... ( December 26, 2007 10:52:00 AM CST ) you probably know this: http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/ so i might not be saying anything new, but just in case... Post a Comment

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