I’ve always liked the idea of designing products that feel like they came from the future, but st...

I’ve always liked the idea of designing products that feel like they came from the future, but st...I’ve always liked the idea of designing products that feel like they came from the future, but st...

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Deborah Ayodele

• 1d

I’ve always liked the idea of designing products that feel like they came from the future, but still look like they could actually be manufactured.

So I explored that idea through a portable fragrance atomizer.

The direction: 1960s/70s industrial design language, pushed forward with a more futuristic form, modern materials, and contemporary product detailing.

I wanted it to feel futuristic without relying on the usual sci-fi clichés.

The result is a compact product built around strong geometry, tactile controls, material contrast, and a form that feels both familiar and new.

What do you think, does this feel like a believable product from the future?

#retrofuturism #productdesigner #industrialdesigner #3Dmoder #CAD #3Drenderer

retrofuturism cad SolidWorks

Alamgir B.

• 1d

This absolutely reads as believable the ribbed grip and knurled brass dial feel like real ergonomic decisions, not just styling. Exploded view really sells the engineering behind it too. Nice balance of retro warmth and modern precision.

Karina

pro

• Aug 18

With new AI video models coming out every week, I'm starting to find them harder to compare.

Since most of them are already pretty good, the differences between the models start to feel less significant.

And maybe that's actually the interesting part.

As the models start to converge in quality, I've been enjoying the directing part more, because that starts to matter more than the generation itself.

Once the visuals are there, it's about deciding how they move, connect, and build on each other.

Here's a short product sequence I created with FLUX 3 over the weekend!

productad retrofuturism flux3

Karina

pro

• Aug 18

The prompts and visuals I used: Scene 1 - Camera slowly orbits around the product. The product stays perfectly still in the center of the frame. Subtle yellow atmospheric smoke slowly curls and drifts behind the can, while soft blue and white light gently shifts across the...

Vizualogy Studio

pro

• Aug 17

Retro-futurism has always been a fun direction for us, and this was one of the first projects where we really went all in on it.

We created Alex Devine as a fictional web developer and built the whole identity around that old-school vision of the future, CRT screens, terminal interfaces, dithering, experimental typography, and a bit of Y2K nostalgia.

From there, we turned the concept into a full digital experience: the brand identity, portfolio, resume, and Devolio, a Framer template built around the same visual language.

What stands out to you most? The typography, the CRT direction, the identity, or the overall art direction?