Since 'The Future' for the early 21st century isn't here yet, I have to make up the details - but want to make them plausible. One way to do that is to look at past predictions, and learn from their work.
About eight decades back, people - some of them - seemed quite sure what The Future would look like.
A PATHETONE WEEKLY newsreel from the 1930s:
"1930s Futuristic Fashion Predictions"lamaladietropicale, YouTube (March 11, 2009)
video, 1:37
People in The Future didn't wear clothing with quite that sort of style, but many women in western countries do wear pants now, we have portable radios and telephones: and quite a few of us wear our cell phones, beepers, and other communications equipment on our belts.
That was Then, This is Now
Here's something that people may be viewing around the year 2085:"Futuristic Japanese Cars"
diagonaluk, YouTube (December 18, 2008)
video, 1:27
Some of the vehicles look practical - although I'm a bit dubious about the mini-car with two micro-cars inside - and something like them might be in common use not too long from now. Some of the designs might even be the 2085 equivalent of the Volkswagon bug.
Since my stories will be part text and part graphics, I need to design a plausible 'future world.' And, I want to avoid making these fictional futures look too much like either knockoffs of contemporary visions of the future, or 2009 fashions with futuristic flourishes.
Related posts:
- "Tokyo Motor Show, 2007: Cars of the Future"
Apathetic Lemming of the North (June 26, 2009) - "Clothing of the Future: 2000 as seen in the 1930s"
Apathetic Lemming of the North (June 26, 2009) - "Getting Details Right: The Vast, Huge, and Very Large City Of The Future"
(June 25, 2009) - "Getting Details Right: Cityscapes"
(June 25, 2009)
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