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David Byrne, Knee Plays, art, dystopia, futurism, humor, music, opera, pop culture, the CIVIL warS, theatre

David Byrne’s Future of 1985, Revisited

When one hears the phrase "Modern Renaissance Man", one immediately thinks of one name: Leonard Nimoy. But if one thinks for a little while longer, a second name comes to mind as well: David Byrne. Most famous, of course, as the frontman of the Talking Heads, Byrne is also an artist whose [...]

December 6, 2007 |
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Klaus Burgle, Syd Mead, advertising, architecture, art, design, dystopia, forward-looking

The Retro-Futurismus of Klaus Bürgle

Industrial designer/commercial artist Klaus Bürgle is truly an unsung hero of space age speculative design. His work is reminiscent of Syd Mead, but he manages to still remain unique in his vision. Though still futuristic in a totally-out-there way, there seems to be at least some intention in most of his work to focus on [...]

November 28, 2007 |
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cereal, futurism, humor, random

Technolicious Data Tubes and Simply Real Crispy Yum Dongles

Seen on Rhododendrites via Boing Boing, the Futuristic Cereal Name Generator is the best darn semi-random text generator I've seen so far. Win!

November 18, 2007 |
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humor, jetpack, technology, video

And now…a jetpack moment

here.

November 16, 2007 |
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Postmodernism, Postmodernity, advertising, design, flash, futurism, humor, jetpack, pop culture, robot, sociology

Finding My “Future Me” Gave Me a Headache. Was it the Marketing or the Fermented Grain-Based Organic Compound?

Ugh. Alright, so I admit I could not resist. When a website I visited featured an advertisement that offered the chance to "Find Your Future You," I took the opportunity to click on it and check it out. Turns out, the interactive experience I was about to…um…"experience" was brought to me by the friendly folks [...]

November 16, 2007 |
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anonymous, boilerplate, claptrap, forward-looking, futurism, humor, legal, quotes, small print

Words of Gee-Whiz-dom, vol. 5

There are forward-looking statements contained in this news release. They use such words as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "plan," or other similar terminology. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results to be materially different than those expressed or implied in such statements.
—Anon (typical [...]

November 15, 2007 |
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