The 2002 Taschen book Future Perfect is kind of like a dead-tree Tumblr; no credits for illustrators, no dates, and no context. I even tried to reblog a page from the book by nailing it to a tree, but my neighbors tore it down. What a bunch of jerks.
With a little old fashioned detective work I was able to figure out that this image in Future Perfect is probably from a 1943 Seagram’s Whiskey ad. It reminds me a bit of this job interview conducted across continents. [cue It’s A Small World muzak]
Videophone technology has been with us for quite some time, but it’s a perfect example of technology that didn’t turn out the way that futurists were predicting. When was the last time you got off a plane to look for the video-payphone? So, raise a glass to your favorite transcontinental client, or whatever is supposed to be happening in this drunken, videophonic future of ours.
