Retro-futurism — A reinterpretation of how earlier eras imagined the future, using period streamlining, space-age machinery and optimistic technology symbols.

Art, era & culture

Retro-futurism

レトロフューチャー

A reinterpretation of how earlier eras imagined the future, using period streamlining, space-age machinery and optimistic technology symbols.

How to recognise it

  • Historical materials combined with future machinery
  • Streamlining, space-age instruments and imagined cities

Different from nearby terms

Unlike Y2K, it is not tied to one period; it looks back at historical predictions of the future in general.

Words for AI

Englishretro-futurist character, a past vision of the future, streamlining, space-age machinery, optimistic technology

日本語レトロフューチャーの人物、過去が想像した未来、流線形、宇宙時代の機械、楽観的技術