We Were Promised Jetpacks: The best-named band of the last decade.
What has better conveyed the disaffection of youth than this pissy title?
~Dennis MillerHere's a nice, exclusive group puzzle for the Pros and Feature Writers. In this grouping you will find visions of transportation
that range from near-term "what if" styling concepts, to the long-term visionary musings of artists, designers and engineers.
To earn a point for identifying any of these, you'll need to answer with at least two of the following listed pieces of information:
- The name of the person who painted, drew or crafted the future vision.
- The publication name and date in which the future vision was presented.
- The specific attributes ascribed to the future vision (such as "concept for an atomic-powered pogo stick").
- The event or year the future vision either represented or was presented to the public.
So, here they are, in no particular order of type, medium or era.
Enjoy!
General Motors "Monoline Express", from the May 21, 1961 Chicago Tribune
Illustration by Alexander Leydenfrost appeared in the fiftieth anniversary issue of Popular Mechanics January 1952
Buick Century 60 by Art-Ross 1939
The Bonanza Leisure-Mobile by Richard Arbib 1972
1968: Buckminster Fuller's "Travel Cartridge"
Colliers Magazine 1901 illustration of the year 2000
1943 rendering of a personal helicopter, by Alex S Tremulis
"Highway of the Future" Popular Science May 1938
GM "Road Extruder in the Amazon" 1964 Worlds Fair
Boys' Life Oct 1965 The Cars of Tomorrow Illustration by Ted Ludigensky
Albert Robida's "Going to the Opera in year 2000", from 1882
Charles Stewart Cadillac from 1966
November 30, 1958 edition of This Week magazine ran this illustration of the flying family car that was but "2 years away".
Arthur Radebaugh's "Closer Than We Think" Chicago Tribune 1959 - Tunnel to Siberia
John Melberg’s 1966 entry / Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild
1957: Oct 22 Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune - flying bus proposed by Charles Zimmerman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
Syd Mead Illustration for US Steel, 1969
Carl H Renner's GM Gyroscopic Rocket Car, 1945
Boys’ Life Oct 1981 The Car of the Future – What Will You Drive When You’re 21 Illustration by Louis Escobedo
September 21, 1958 edition of Arthur Radebaugh's "Closer Than We Think" Quick color change car.