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Raygun Gothic

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.

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IBM magazine ad from the 1950s with obligatory atomic art.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Ah, the 1950s... when men were men, and computers were refrigerators full of light bulbs.

[–] HakFoo 3 points 1 day ago

If you have the chance, check out the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

The DEC PDP-1 and IBM 1401 exhibits would both fit the aesthetic pretty well.

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago