USS - a portfolio of probabilities _11

Sometimes students are good for a big surprise - as in this case. Having read one of my shorter posts (actually this one: www.hs-augsburg.de/~mstoll/?p=411 ) on a website about retro-futurism, Dennis Bille one day came around with a quite large set of folders and unpacked these wonderfull illustrations. Obviously they once were give-a-ways from "United States Steel International" to show, how the future might look like - from a early 60s perspective. Dennis Bille got these folders from a retired designer as a gift for helping to close down his office. what a symbolic story!

UPDATE: On May 11th 2009, Syd Mead and his manager Roger Servick visited the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences (Dept. of Design) for a talk. We picked both up in Munich. While on the ride to Augsburg, Syd Mead kindly gave the following interview: The future came true – An Interview with Syd Mead - Prof. Michael Stoll

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License Farm says:

I love this one, if for nothing other than the hubris that natural beauty can always stand a little improvement. Yes, it's gorgeous, but it was already. Love that Syd Mead!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

jamesatkent [deleted] says:

Very exciting to see large, detailed scans of Syd Meads work! THANK YOU!

Yes- it's good the environmentalists convinced us that we shouldn't build condos on top of Monument Valley. I like the Disney film Highways of Tomorrow where they mount four lane highways along the sides of the rock formations.
But maybe with all that atomic power we were going to have they could just blast out some new formations- good old Project Plowshare.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

auridicyl says:

@jamesatkent: Funny you should mention Disney. That central structure (dare I call it a building?) reminds me not only of Space Mountain (the bottom half), but I'm pretty sure I saw a replication of the entire thing elsewhere on property (probably somewhere in Epcot).
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

gizmogal says:

Eerily pretty!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

sommerfugel says:

These are beautiful, I don't care if they're naive -they cater to my estetic senses! =)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Mad Science says:

I keep thinking these are very Star Wars.

...then I realize they predate it by about 15 years.

The colors really blow my mind. Typically 60s stuff is more earth-tone-y and not as crisp.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

kasi metcalfe says:

Love it!
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Art of Science, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

MightyFastPig says:

I think this image was borrowed for the Krypton of John Byrne's Superman reboot back in the '80s.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Prof. Michael Stoll says:

UPDATE: On May 11th 2009, Syd Mead and his manager Roger Servick visited the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences (Dept. of Design) for a talk. We picked both up in Munich. While on the ride to Augsburg, Syd Mead kindly gave the following interview: The future came true – An Interview with Syd Mead - Prof. Michael Stoll
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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