In design, people usually recycle an idea. For example, alot of the retro designs are now coming back in some form or the other. Now here’s a thought, does that mean that people used to think even more futuristic things than we do now? I mean, look at the movie “2010”. We’re supposed to be in space with a talking spacecraft in 3 years? Then again, 3 years is a long time.
If any of you have seen some 1930-50’s movies like the Metropolis, you can definitely see that people have always been very imaginative. So anyway, I found this really cool looking coffee table today. It reminded me of a mac or even a iphone just cos they have the sleek edge and glossy finish. This table can be bought for $495 (only), well I’m not quite sure about the “only” part 😉 I just love this since it’s actually considered a retro antique, and yet it looks so futuristic at the same time.
You can check (or buy) the table at the following address:
KARMANIC! 
But here’s something else to think about…
Let’s say, the movie “Metropolis” or “2010” like you mentioned, but lots more like those and not even movies, books and plays…
Do you think those people are visionairs?
Or do you think we have all the technology we have at our times thanks to the imagination of those people?
After all, technology first of all needs an idea to become a reality.
If it wasn’t for the idea that people had during all those centuries, that we should be able to fly… do you think we would have had airplanes now?
Would we have satelite communication or even cell phones if creators and writers from shows like Star Trek and the likes wouldn’t have mentioned it?
I think it’s the strong imagination of people that creates technology, which is one of the better abilities we people have.
But than it only takes a wrong interpretation of others to misuse the technology… and that’s one of the worse abilities we have.
🙂