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neofuturist en · ADJ
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Of or pertaining to neofuturism.
Within Vaporwave, and other artists' expressions of a neofuturist aesthetic, there once was a certain ‘meta’ appreciation to be found. Vaporwave reflected upon its own construction.
2019, Emile Frankel, Hearing the Cloud: Can Music Help Reimagine The Future?, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:The original neofuturist structure includes a winged, thin shell roof and fluid, open design, which the architect hoped would evoke the sensation of flight.
2019 February 12, Antonia Wilson, “TWA Hotel at New York's JFK airport to open for bookings”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:In the late 1970s, World Shelters founder Bruce LeBel studied with Buckminster Fuller, the renowned neofuturist architect.
2014 August 1, Laura C. Mallonee, “Homes for refugees: eight new designs for conflict housing”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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neofuturist en · NOUN
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(rare) An adherent of neofuturism.
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A modern futurologist.
Building on the works of John Naisbitt (1982) and Alvin Toffler (1970), neofuturists imbue novel technologies with an almost mystical quality, revealed in their numerous incantations supporting technological solutions to political problems.
2000, Anthony G. Wilhelm, Democracy in the Digital Age: Challenges to Political Life in Cyberspace, Routledge, →ISBN, page 20:
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