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Home of the Future: Kitchen Computer
May 17, 2016

The Home of the Future: Year 1999 AD [VIDEO]

Here is an interesting short film I found on Youtube recently. Originally released in 1967, the short film “1999 A.D.” was released by the…

Little Genius by Eric Joyner
May 2, 2016

Artist Spotlight: Eric Joyner’s Robots and Donuts

People who know me well know two things about me: I love retro robots and I love sweets. So when I started to see…

Explore Retrofuture Art Poster
March 23, 2015

Artist Spotlight: Indelible Ink Workshop’s Retro Scifi Prints and Posters

Buy Night Rocket Retro Poster on Etsy Indelible Ink Workshop is run by the couple Luke Minner and Naomi Wilson. Together they create beautiful…

The Runaway Robot Vintage Sci-Fi Book Cover
March 3, 2015

Vintage Scifi Classic “The Runaway Robot” Back in Print!

I was so excited when I found out this weekend that the classic science fiction book The Runaway Robot by Lester Del Ray is…

Kotex Feminine Hygiene of the Future
February 12, 2015

Feminine Hygiene for Lady Astronauts

I hate feminine hygiene ads. Modern ones are ridiculous and vintage ads are cringeworthy. But I discovered half of this ad on Pinterest today…

1958 Flying Car
February 9, 2015

1950’s Flying Car of the Future

More power to you! This vintage advertisement from 1958 features a vision of your personal flying car, and if you’re still waiting for this…

January 31, 2015

A Bored Alien Travels to Earth in a 1958 German Musical

I found this gem of a retrofuturistic movie clip today from the 1958 German film Bühne frei für Marika (translated to Stage Free for…

Lestoil for Cleaning on the Moon
January 27, 2015

Women of the Future Will Clean with Tomorrow’s Lestoil

These vintage sci-fi themed advertisements from 1968 for a now defunct product-line called Tomorrow’s Lestoil display some slick atom-punk style space suits and some…

January 18, 2015

Is This Tomorrow? -Technicall Magazine Cover

Check out this gorgeous retrofuturist-style original art by Tomas Mullar for the cover of Technicall magazine.

Robot Nanny
January 18, 2015

Robot Nanny of the Future [Photo]

Leave little Johnny with a sitter you can rely on. Original source unknown. Found via Damn Cool Pictures.

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