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McKnight Kauffer’s The World in 2030

February 5, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Edward McKnight Kauffer (14 December 1890 – 22 October 1954) was an influential American-born artist noted for his avant garde graphic design and poster art, especially in England.

Via: Imaging the future / hilarious, depressing or what?

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Comments

  1. Lukc says

    February 5, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    Retro-futurology – always immensely cool. And always fascinating, how the future ends up much more human than futurists imagine. Guess you can toss the monkey out of the tree, but you can’t toss the tree out of the monkey!

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