tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post4459906034238291081..comments2008-08-16T16:47:16.961-04:00Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416matt@paleofuture.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-14990580504781947322008-08-16T16:47:00.000-04:002008-08-16T16:47:00.000-04:002008-08-16T16:47:00.000-04:00What a prediction, people actually flocking to an opera in 2000. Unless it's prefixed by "Phantom" then that's hilarious. I wonder if our conceptions of the future will look dumb in a few decades, or have we all gotten better at it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-23082405225659369242007-09-11T00:52:00.000-04:002007-09-11T00:52:00.000-04:002007-09-11T00:52:00.000-04:00Thank god the monocle never went out of style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-42093773285426558822007-07-13T18:36:00.000-04:002007-07-13T18:36:00.000-04:002007-07-13T18:36:00.000-04:00Oh, it's definitely the source of much of the design concept for "Howl's Moving Castle" -- a wonderful film and amazing visualization of the Diana Wynne Jones novel! I love Albert Robida's work. One of the university presses recently printed the first English edition of one of his novels (with all the illustrations) that was just amazing.<BR/><BR/><I>Jay said... <BR/>These look like the personal flying machines in Miyazaki's version of "Howl's Moving Castle": http://imdb.com/title/tt0347149/<BR/><BR/>I'd be willing to bet his research department saw these prints or something similar. <BR/><BR/>Too cool!! <BR/><BR/>June 18, 2007 1:47 PM </I>stusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-30184216833666187262007-06-29T22:09:00.000-04:002007-06-29T22:09:00.000-04:002007-06-29T22:09:00.000-04:00I love Albert Robida's work!<BR/>And apparently I'm not alone.<BR/><BR/>There is a marvelous Japanese anime called "Howl's Moving Castle." In it are conveyances much like flying motorcycles. They look like <A HREF="http://tokyotoys.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=249&products_id=1290&zenid=7cda0662614cbb0a281e4e95fc8365" REL="nofollow">this</A><BR/><BR/>Notice how they resemble Albert Robida's <A HREF="http://www.philophil.com/philosophie/autrui/0_theme/le_theme.htm" REL="nofollow">flying machine</A>.Winchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803434779668506416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-78372985974093619972007-06-21T23:35:00.000-04:002007-06-21T23:35:00.000-04:002007-06-21T23:35:00.000-04:00<A HREF="http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/ConsultationTout.exe?O=N101948" REL="nofollow">La vie électrique</A> was published in 1892.<BR/><BR/>The horns we see in the image have air bulbs attached. They are not klaxons (a trade name) which were electromagnetic devices.pkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997731249622552311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-9612399718627523112007-06-19T11:02:00.000-04:002007-06-19T11:02:00.000-04:002007-06-19T11:02:00.000-04:00I will have to agree to the probability that this is from a later date. Certain aspects of the aerocars specifically mimic aspects of very late 1890s and very early 1900 Renault designs, which I just cant see occuring three years before the Benz brothers came up with their first internal combustion trike-car.Frinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12544881233968858246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-77735262900812535992007-06-19T07:01:00.000-04:002007-06-19T07:01:00.000-04:002007-06-19T07:01:00.000-04:00It is doubtful that this litograph is of 1882 because:<BR/><BR/>- Eiffel tower was building 1887-1889<BR/>- Klaxons were first fitted to automobiles and bicycles in 1908Бурыйhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798874233142637750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-67049842655686093282007-06-18T15:47:00.000-04:002007-06-18T15:47:00.000-04:002007-06-18T15:47:00.000-04:00These look like the personal flying machines in Miyazaki's version of "Howl's Moving Castle": http://imdb.com/title/tt0347149/<BR/><BR/>I'd be willing to bet his research department saw these prints or something similar. <BR/><BR/>Too cool!!Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-28295360700655277962007-06-18T14:58:00.000-04:002007-06-18T14:58:00.000-04:002007-06-18T14:58:00.000-04:00Beyond the clothing, the other startling anachronistic aspect (paleo-futuranachronistic?) is the absence of features to protect passengers from weather -- no windshields, no doors, no tops or coverings. It's odd because even buggies and carriages of the era would have had a top or canopy of some kind (sometimes retractable).Wutzkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-40109855561721247792007-06-18T14:45:00.000-04:002007-06-18T14:45:00.000-04:002007-06-18T14:45:00.000-04:00Funny how much this reminds me of a lot of Syd Mead paintings: (Presumably) rich people dressed up and going out on the town in their flying cars.artbotnoreply@blogger.com