What would you call this design asthetic?

[Eilif]

Ok, so I'm considering branching off into a new design asthetic. It's been done before, but I don't know what it's called. Characteristic of this design asthetic would be...

-Very influenced by the 30's and 40's

-1930-40's styled automobiles

-Art Deco Architecture with some gothic influences

-Zepplins, and derigibles

-Sky Captain and the world of Tomorrow

-Batman the animated series.

-Odd aircraft, like those seen in Crimson Skies

-Unuusual large craft like sleek (non-steampunk) airships, and submarines a'la jules verne.

How would I classify such a world?

[Joey Lock]

I would say Alternate History sort of, Pulp Adventure. Like Sky Captain and the World of tomorrow. Theres really no name for the Genre but there are alot of names for themes.

You sound like your getting at Speculative fiction. Like Turning Point: Fall of Liberty the game.

To answer your question, Brilliant Theme, No real name.

[Stauder]

Golden Compass also falls under that category I belive. I will see if I can dig up any info.

Stauder.

[longtimelistener]

The style is broadly called "raygun gothic" after the pulpy Flash Gordon-like designs that were common in the early half of the 20th century. "Googie" or "populuxe" are similar terms that might apply.

Hope that helps!

[Stauder]

The style is broadly called "raygun gothic" after the pulpy Flash Gordon-like designs that were common in the early half of the 20th century. "Googie" or "populuxe" are similar terms that might apply.

Hope that helps!

Welcome to EB LTL! Thank's for clearing that up for us!

Staudie.

[longtimelistener]

Thank you very much!

As the name implies, I've lurked for many a hour on EB, but I couldn't resist the chance to apply some of the useless trivia in my head!

Regards,

LTL

[Eilif]

A bit more research shows that the design asthetic I have in my head encompases not only Art Deco (http://www.decopix.com/) , but also Streamline Moderne ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamline_Moderne ). However I stop short of Googie ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googie ) and I don't envision it as being sci-fi enough to qualify for raygun gothic ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raygun_Gothic ).

I've seen examples of all these styles before, but I never knew their background, or that they have such evocative names.

Edit: Thanks for the info longtimelistener I was putting this post together while you were answering it for us.

Edited August 26, 2008 by Eilif

[Pickerel]

Thank you very much!

As the name implies, I've lurked for many a hour on EB, but I couldn't resist the chance to apply some of the useless trivia in my head!

Regards,

LTL

Welcome to EB! You can former introduce yourself here.

This almost exactly describes a town I'm planning although my MOC/ MOCs would take place slightly earlier. Interesting!

[Batbrick]

I'd definitely go with Art Deco or if further inspired by BTAS Dark Deco. It really is a wonderful style.

Batbrick Away!

[Joebot]

I've also seen it referred to as "retro sci-fi," meaning it's what people in the past (usually the pulp era in the 20's and 30's) thought life would look like in the future.

Cool idea. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

[Shadows]

A fascinating thread, and one that strikes close to my heart as I love this particular style, 30's/40's in general, film noir, etc.

I can't help but imagine a LEGO representation of Metropolis. To coincide with some of what has already been said, the wiki Metropolis article states:

"Rotwang's Art Deco laboratory with its lights and industrial machinery is considered by some to be a forerunner of the Streamline Moderne style, highly influential on the look of Frankenstein-style laboratories of "mad scientists" in pop culture. When applied to science fiction, this style is sometimes called Raygun Gothic."

Sleek, retro-futuristic, bordering on dark and potentially ominous. Good stuff, and a damn fine idea for a LEGO theme. I hope it reaches some level of popularity, and I'm entrusting all of you to make it happen! So, get building!

[Eilif]

Sleek, retro-futuristic, bordering on dark and potentially ominous. Good stuff, and a damn fine idea for a LEGO theme. I hope it reaches some level of popularity, and I'm entrusting all of you to make it happen! So, get building!

Crap! The pressure is on to develop a whole new theme, and I'm not even finished with my Contemporary-bavarian Airport yet.

However, buliding in "Streamline Moderne" would give me a chance to use the PAB of these http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=6091 in light grey that I picked up last year.

[Are92 RoWar]

I call this idea:The Fall of Electricity!

[Stauder]

I call this idea:The Fall of Electricity!

Your thinking post-apoc...

Stauder.

[maiq the liar]

Raygun Gothic + PostApoc =Fallout

[Freddie]

I'm wondering if the style you're thinking about is what I think is called "retro-futuristic". A good example of the style would be the TV-series "Thunderbirds", which had many elements of it built into its scenarios, designs and enviroments.

[filefolders]

Ahh, good ol' retro future. I love it but for some reason it really bothers me too. Paleo Future has some great inspiration.

[Eilif]

Retro future, raygun gothic and paleo, future all have some design elements that I can incorporate, but I'm not terribly interested in a sci-fi future, and of those elements can be found in art-deco and streamline modern styles.