# What is retro-futurism?

- Institution: TED
- Department: Serious Play 2008
- Speaker: Bruce McCall
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_mccall_what_is_retro_futurism)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Bruce McCall paints a retro-future that never happened -- full of flying cars, polo-playing tanks and the RMS Tyrannic, "The Biggest Thing in All the World." At Serious Play '08, he narrates a brisk and funny slideshow of his faux-nostalgic art.

## Lectures

1. [What is retro-futurism?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/bruce_mccall_what_is_retro_futurism/5ff1dea2af37), 13 min (TED's player)