Out of time : designs for the twentieth-century future / Norman Brosterman.

Main entry:

Brosterman, Norman, 1952-

Title & Author:

Out of time : designs for the twentieth-century future / Norman Brosterman.

Publication:

Description:

95, [1] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 96).

Summary:

"Flying cities ... Martian colonies ... spaceships ... robots ... monorails ... bubble-topped cars ... atomic explosions ..." "These have all appeared in both artistic renderings of the future for pulp magazines and as serious architectural proposals. In the twentieth century, high and low, fact and fiction mixed in ways that are now impossible to separate. Design references for the future were drawn from engineering, science fiction, avant-garde architecture, pulp fiction and mechanic magazines, aerodynamics, and the 1939 New York World's Fair. And many of these ideas have actually come to pass." "Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future is a collection of illustration art from the past century, portraying the indefatigable gee whiz of the imagined future."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0810929392 (pbk.)
9780810929395 (pbk.)

Subject:

Twentieth century Forecasts.
Forecasting History 19th century.
Material culture History 19th century.
Science fiction.
Technological forecasting History 19th century.
Future, The, in popular culture History 19th century.
Vingtième siècle Prévisions.
Prévision Histoire 19e siècle.
Culture matérielle Histoire 19e siècle.
Prévision technologique Histoire 19e siècle.
Futur dans la culture populaire Histoire 19e siècle.
Forecasting
Future, The, in popular culture
Material culture
Technological forecasting
Twentieth century

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Science fiction
Forecasts
History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215259
Call No.: CB161 .B7 2000
Status: Available

Location: Library main 215260
Call No.: CB161 .B7 2000
Status: Available

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