Watch: Fascinating video explores 'the future of 1920s design'

Let's take a trip to the past, to travel to the future. I'm a sci-fi geek and have always loved spaceship designs and future technology and imagining what it's like to be in a time when we can travel to planets (or even galaxies) . This video titled The Future of The 1920s examines what it was like to imagine the future in the 1920s. It features drawings and designs created by people living in the 1920s, just after "The Great War" and before the next, wondering what the future might look like. Most of it is taken from an old magazine called "Science And Invention". They weren't interested in leaving Earth, but rather in improving habitability. The narrator explains that the 1920s "took place immediately after a massive and destructive war, and both [the 1950s] carried an optimism for the future. The difference was that science fiction was not as mainstream… so she didn't quite develop a unique look." Just some visual inspiration and vintage sci-fi imagery to browse.

Thanks to Open Culture for the tip on this short. Full description on YouTube: "'Futurism' is what people thought the future would be like at any given time. Similarly, 'retrofuturism' is the futurism of the past. Most people think of Victorian futurism (steampunk) and 1950s/1960s Futurism (atompunk). Right in the middle is 1920s Futurism, mostly forgotten. Technically, it is grouped with "dieselpunk", which extends into the period of WWII, but I think the 1920s aesthetic is a bit different, for example in the 1920s version of the future, zeppelins and airships are everywhere, although after WWII, zeppelins belonged to the past." Of course because of the Hindenburg disaster. This video is edited and created by a YouTube channel called "The1920sChannel", based in Japan. You can also follow his blog for more history articles and cheesy finds on "UnpublishedHistory." To find even more video essays on film, click here. Best Design?

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