Just a quick one that any lover of Photoshop will enjoy, from the mad-skills team over at Chop Shop T-Shirts. I love how ‘Silver Age‘ these characters look:
Sometimes, those Photoshop filters really do feel like superheroes to me.
What’s your favourite tool? And if it was a superhero, what would it’s power be?
I love WIRED magazine. It has excellent features; interesting contributors; an unpatronising writing style; awesome graphic design; unannoying ads; even the paper it’s printed on is good quality. WIRED is, to many, an opinion leading and culturally significant title both on and offline.
It’s future facing attitude really suits my own, so I’ve been reading it regularly for years. Now the UK title is in print, I buy both that and the US version. Ubergeek, aren’t I?
One of my favourite features was always the back page, the ‘Found’ section, which featured potential realities of our future daily lives.
Sadly no longer supported by the magazine, ‘Found’ lives on as an online Photoshop contest, where readers can submit their own images on subjects such as chewing gum and rehab.
I wanted to find the original images though, and I’ve managed to source the earliest online record (Jan ‘04) up to the last published image (Jul ‘08).
So here they are, in reverse chronological order. They are packed with all sorts of detail and easter eggs, so click on them to see the full images:
From WIRED July 2008, predicted for 2018:
From WIRED June 2008, predicted for circa 2020:
From WIRED May 2008, predicted for 2096:
From WIRED April 2008, predicted for 2027:
From WIRED March 2008, predicted for circa 2016:
From WIRED February 2008, predicted for the near future:
From WIRED January 2008, predicted for 2013:
From WIRED December 2007, predicted for 2012:
From WIRED November 2007, predicted for circa 2025:
From WIRED October 2007, predicted for 2015:
From WIRED September 2007, predicted for 2079:
From WIRED August 2007, predicted for circa 2020:
From WIRED July 2007, predicted for 2021:
From WIRED June 2007, predicted for 2016:
From WIRED May 2007, predicted for 2052:
From WIRED April 2007, predicted for circa 2050:
From WIRED March 2007, predicted for 2013:
From WIRED February 2007, predicted for 2054:
From WIRED January 2007, predicted for 2013:
From WIRED December 2006, predicted for 2017:
From WIRED November 2006, predicted for 2015:
From WIRED October 2006, predicted for 2019:
From WIRED September 2006, predicted for 2018:
From WIRED August 2006, predicted for 2019:
From WIRED July 2006, predicted for 2020:
From WIRED June 2006, predicted for 2021:
From WIRED May 2006, predicted for 2027:
From WIRED April 2006, predicted for 2021:
From WIRED March 2006, predicted for 2067:
From WIRED February 2006, predicted for 2015:
From WIRED January 2006, predicted for 2009:
From WIRED December 2005, predicted for 2016:
From WIRED November 2005, predicted for 2024:
From WIRED October 2005, predicted for 2012:
From WIRED September 2005, predicted for 2032:
From WIRED August 2005, predicted for 2019:
From WIRED July 2005, predicted for 2017:
From WIRED June 2005, predicted for 2022:
From WIRED May 2005, predicted for 2012:
From WIRED April 2005, predicted for 2056:
From WIRED March 2005, predicted for 2069:
From WIRED February 2005, predicted for 2009:
From WIRED January 2005, predicted for the near future:
From WIRED December 2004, predicted for 2047:
From WIRED November 2004, predicted for 2012:
Scanned from WIRED October 2004:
Scanned from WIRED September 2004:
Scanned from WIRED August 2004:
Scanned from WIRED July 2004:
Scanned from WIRED June 2004:
Scanned from WIRED May 2004:
Scanned from WIRED April 2004:
Scanned from WIRED March 2004:
Scanned from WIRED February 2004:
Scanned from WIRED January 2004:
Thanks to Rhaomi for the brilliant Metafilter article Artifacts from the Future, and to Stuart Candy for his scans that complete the collection, found here on his site.
Any I’ve missed? Let me know!
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Definitely worth a read if you're a developer or have clients looking to launch a new online service.
A handy reference guide to putting nice images in your tweets.
My new favourite source of inspiration. I urge you to check it out now.
Man, this article reminded me how much I miss Photoshop. I need to fix my computer.