Cassette Futurism @lemm.ee Crul @lemm.ee 2y ago

"Print ad for the world’s first teledex, a portable Datanet communicator with an integrated artificial assistant" by prokhorVLG

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I always love the idea in Sci-fi that in technology, they've somehow figured out personal digital assistants, but not simple UIs or slim hardware.

Like in Alien where they have all this space technology, but didn't get past using DOS.
Very cool art
I really like this title font, anyone know what it is (the serif one)?
- Font squirrel shows this list[^1]:
  
  [^1]: I don't know how long that link will work.
  
  Adobe® Garamond® Pro Bold
  
  Garamond Premier Pro Bold
  
  Garamond Classic FS Heavy
  
  Minion® Pro Subhead Bold
  
  Garvis Pro Bold
  
  Tribal Garamond Regular
  
  Adobe Arabic Bold
  
  Sina Nova Extra Bold
  
  Ines Bold
  
  Arno Pro Subhead Bold
  
  Argos Bold
  
  NCT Granite DEMO Bold
  
  Crimson Text Bold
  
  Brigade Bold
  
  Acta ExtraBold
  
  Garamond Modern FS Bold
  
  Garamond Nova Pro Condensed Bold
  
  Artigo Glb Extra Bold
  
  Kuenstler 480 Bold
  
  Apud Black
  
  Matrix II Bold
  
  Worcester Serial Xbold
  
  Kepler® Std Condensed Display Black
  
  Utopia® Std Caption Semi Bold
  
  Lyon Bold
  
  KG No Regrets Solid
  
  Magneta Condensed Bold
  
  Belda Condensed Extra Bold
  
  LeBrush Dark
  
  Concept Medium
  
  Unna Bold
  
  Galatia SIL Bold
  
  1776 Independence Bold
  
  TWT Prospero Condensed Bold
  
  LaBodoni Bold
  
  Oh yeah, it looks like Garamond with really tight kerning
It just needs "DON'T PANIC" plastered in friendly letters somewhere on the Device and it'd make a fantastic Hitchhikers Guide as well!
Reminds me of a lot of the devices in the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG rulebook.
- Indeed, there are a few very cassette-futuristic gadgets there! I need to take some time to search the illustrators names (page 3) and see if they have more like this. Thanks!
  
  Source: Cyberpunk 2020 - cyberpunk-the-roleplaying-game-of-the-dark-future-r-talsorian-games-inc.pdf
Didn’t know this community existed or what it was. Started looking for one.
- FYI: according to Aesthetics Wiki:
  
  Cassette Futurism is a genre of retrofuturism based on the 70's and 80's. The media itself does not have to be set in this time period, but rather explore the speculated alternate future of it. As the name suggests, Cassettes are the main way of storing and transferring data.
Is oddly reminiscent of the Pip-Boy from the Fallout games
- My first thought as well. Wonder if there was any inspiration pulled from this device.

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