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22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

Everyone has tried to predict the future, but artists get to bring their ideas to life.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 8 months ago in Wtf

It is a natural human instinct to try and predict the future, and from writers to politicians, everyone has had their go at some point. But artists get to bring their ideas to life, and let the page turn into a small snapshot of possibility. 


These 22 drawings and designs did their best to predict the future, and whether spot on or totally off base, can teach us a little bit about the past, and help refine our own predictions of the future. 

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    A 1923 cartoon that imagined machine made art 100 years in the future.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    Ambitious predictions about 1975.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    Alternate reality Roomba from 1900.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    In 1985 Ebony magazine predicted what Michael Jackson would look like in the year 2000.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    An artist's depiction of the future, painted in 1930.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    Four more images from the same artist's series.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    A 1925 prediction of what a future New York could look like.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    In 1983, this was Nissan’s idea of what their future cars would look like.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    A 2001 paper of “Future Predictions.”

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    A 1939 comic book doing a decent job of predicting modern bullet trains.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    Surprisingly accurate prediction of the future of video games.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    Retro-future office from the 1964 World's Fair.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    2022 Energy Predictions from 1922.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    A series on housework.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    The Secretary of the Future, 1960s.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    Change your car's color as easily as filling it up with gas, 1958.

    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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    22 Vintage Drawings of the Future That Were Way Off

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