Tokyo, the Blade Runner City by Thomas Birke

Posted by Alex in Pictures, Travel & Places on July 4, 2009 at 2:13 am


Photo: Thomas Birke

Photographer Thomas Birke went to Japan in 2008 to take photos of "the future" – and he didn’t go away disappointed. Thomas’ large format photography reveals how much Tokyo resembles the dystopian future city in Blade Runner.

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Futuristic Billboards to Transform L.A into Blade Runner Dystopia

Posted by Queuebot in Advertising, Architecture, Travel & Places on January 26, 2009 at 9:53 pm

The retro-fitted futuristic world of the film Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford may not be as far away as one might think. Director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic dealt with such classic questions of “what does it mean to be human” while depicting the city of Los Angeles in the year 2019 as a smoggy dystopian future, a cultural melting pot brimming with skyscrapers, flying cars and inescapable corporate advertisements. Almost 30 years later the film is hailed as an overlooked masterpiece and has inspired multitudes of designers, engineers and artists.

Now you can also add “Real Estate Developer” to that list. Sonny Astani, a Los Angeles real estate mogul, is hoping to make one part of the film’s dystopian future a reality with 14-story animated billboards.

The plan is currently undergoing environmental review and pending approval by city officials. Officials are wary of anything billboard-related at the moment as downtown L.A already has its fair share of distracting lights and signs that have drawn complaints from area neighborhoods.



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