The Way The Future Used To Look
posted on 23 August 2010 | posted in
Arts and Entertainment
While many love to hang up classic art canvas prints on their walls, my favorite type of art to display in my office and in my place of business is old science fiction illustrations. I have prints of full color paintings by Frank R. Paul and Chesley Bonestell, from magazines such as Air Wonder Stories and Astounding Science Fiction, as well as old Popular Mechanics. In addition to moonscapes and art deco spacecraft circling the globe, there are pictures depicting the cities they imagined we would be living in by now, cities with skies filled with flying cars and hovercraft. These pictures have a certain charm, but they also have a certain sense of optimism, and wonder. They also serve to get my clients to thinking about technology and the need to think ahead, so in addition to being conversation starters, I've found that they get my clients into a receptive frame of mind.
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