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Newtopia – Retro Futurism T-Shirt on Redbubble

Follow the yellow brick road to Newtopia.

This was inspired by a challenge on Redbubble, and some info I’d seen recently on reto futurism.

I decided to take a few different influences and mix it up.

The Art Deco buildings came from shapes in plasterwork in a building lobby, and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis probably binds it all together.

The Jetsons play their own part in the towers (or is it Thunderbirds?), and the dream of a better tomorrow leads Dorothy and her friends up the yellow brick road to Newtopia.

Can anyone spot any other influences that may have been subconcious?

Reel Vintage Tape Deck – T-Shirt

Written by Matt Simner April 8, 2009 bombadeo cassette music Redbubble retro shirt simner t-shirt vector

A Reel to reel tape deck isn’t something that most kids would even recognise these days.

Most have grown up in an age where the ‘compact’ cassette tape was outdated.

So, to provide a retro history lesson I present the ‘Reel Vintage Tape Deck’, a vector design complete with knobs and switches you have to actually ‘move’ in order to get things to happen. If you can work this baby without getting wrapped up like a mummy you’re doing well.

The tape counter’s permanently stuck on 1974, which is coincidentally when this ‘vintage’ model is from.

This tee design also placed second in a music challenge in the Redbubble Retro Tees group.

See more cool vector designs

I’m a creative geek living in Melbourne, Australia who writes software by day, and creates T-shirts and other designs by night. This is all of course when time and motivation allows.

It’s probably accurate to say I dabble in things other than software to keep my creative side happy. I was always a keen musician (guitar, drums and keyboards) but am now happy to dream of the ‘greatness’ I never achieved. I may surprise myself yet… I might also get round to finishing my list of gig attendances one day.

I like to take pictures of things that interest me, and am becoming and increasingly keen photographer.

I occasionally write technical articles, produce the odd bit of freeware, and record technical thoughts on my Codebureau blog. Anything left may end up on this blog – but that’s rapidly turning into my world of T-Shirts!

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