- Famous Photoshopped images from across the ages 20 retro photos of old technology and simpler times
Pimp my ride
This tech promised to add masses of lighting to your bicycle. Stay seen, stay safe.
Operator, please
A vision from the past of what the future might look like. Incredibly and amusingly far off the mark.
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Space commander
This is one hilarious concept vision of what space suits might look like. Highly impractical.
Communal listening
How else do you get eight kids to listen to the same source of audio?
Spin the decks
One of the most ostentatious record player designs we’ve seen. With turntables housed inside a massive marble egg.
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Social isolation
A concept of future life that shows everyone in bubbles. Doesn’t seem so far fetched in the current climate.
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Green skies
People liked to imagine what our cities would look like decades into the future, and these predictions often skew towards the optimistic.
Future aesthetics
Cars reflect our times more than we sometimes realise. This retro 1970s Ford design is a testament to that fact.
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Neon demon
From the 1930s, this neon salesman’s case is a great example of how futuristic some real retro technology can be.
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Rolling out
This might just be the coolest vehicle of any type that we’ve seen in quite some time, but the fact that it was built in the 1930s makes it almost jaw-dropping.
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Why not?
An incredible burger-shaped phone which is amusing as it is awesome.
Chunky chic
This is one heck of a corded landline phone with an in-your-face design and awesome retro vibe.
Videospheres
Spherical televisions are a law unto themselves.They don’t make sense ergonomically yet we can’t help ourselves when we say that they just look ace.
Nap pods
This concept for a nap pod looks wonderfully inviting.
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Quite a den
This artist’s idea of what an ideal den would look like, meanwhile, has us drooling in envy.
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Flowery
We’re not saying that floral prints and patterns are always grim, but we’re also not sure we’d want this telephone in our house.
Sleek
Concept cars have always pushed the boundaries of design with weird and wonderful shapes and aesthetics.
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Gaming rig
An amazing retro gaming setup for flight sim. It might not compare to modern setups but back in the day this would have been something special.
Clash of cultures
A future concept which manages to look super dated by today’s standards.
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Food magic
Microwaves were a modern marvel when they were first released, as this cook book testifies.
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Interesting marketing
Loud enough?
This photo from the Mitsubishi archive is a fun look at how big a speaker can get if you’re pushing the boundaries of the sensible.
Razzle-dazzle
This music machine almost sold itself, but the addition of the lighting bolt really makes it pop.
A computer mouse with a difference
Why you wouldn’t just use the calculator app on your PC is beyond us.
