Citations:retro-futurism

English citations of retro-futurism

Noun: "alternative spelling of retrofuturism"

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• 1990 — Lisbeth Levine, "It's hip to be fake", Chicago Sun-Times, 24 October 1990:

  Others are dubbing these space-age styles reminiscent of Andre Courreges' designs as retro-futurism.

• 1996 — Duane Dudek, "'Lost Children' is fantasy with focus, fairy tale with bite", Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 8 March 1996:

  Its pop-up book construction owes a debt to Rube Goldberg, Buster Keaton and the retro-futurism of Terry Gilliam's "Brazil."

• 1998 — Charles Piller, "Apple Finds Its Design Footing Again With iMac", Los Angeles Times, 8 June 1998:

  So it's no accident that the "Jetsons" cartoon theme has been encouraged in Apple's descriptions of the iMac--a vaguely reminiscent, friendly retro-futurism that people seem to crave.

• 1999 — Orville Schell, "A Galaxy Of Myth, Money And Kids", The New York Times, 21 March 1999:

  Inside, a huge 1860's Victorian house, remodeled and filled with the latest electronic gadgetry, perfectly expresses Mr. Lucas's retro-futurism.

• 1999 — "Stereolab fits Metro audience to a T(shirt)", The Detroit News, 3 December 1999:

  Retro-futurism is the theme for Stereolab. This London-based band fashions its sound by melding funky bass lines and guitar riffs with an archaic Farfisa organ and plenty of Moog-inspired blips and drips.

• 2001 — "UPN Heading Into Final Frontier Again", Press-Telegram, 3 October 2001:

  Sets are largely gun-metal gray, representing a sort of retro-futurism -- sort of what might've happened if '50s sci-fi design cliches had had today's technology to work with.