1939 San Francisco World’s Fair Poster, Larry Zim World’s Fair Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Courtesy National Museum of American History.Goddard 1935 A-Series Rocket,1935, Robert H. Goddard, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Courtesy National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Drawing, Design for Undersea Lounge: Scheme 3, Main Level, Russell Heston, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Courtesy Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Gilbreth Efficiency Studies, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Courtesy National Museum of American History.Coin-Operated Wetland, Tega Brain, Courtesy Tega Brain. Mineral Rover, 2021, X, the Moonshot Factory (a Division of Google LLC), Courtesy of X, the Moonshot Factory (a Division of Google LLC). Katazome Indigo Dyed Salmon Skin Clutch, 2019, Elisa Palomino, Courtesy Elisa Palomino. Roomie, by Roomie-IT, Courtesy of Smithsonian.Atoma Spice Clusters, Alexandra Genis, Courtesy Alexandra Genis. Chi.Bio platform, Harrison Steel, University of Oxford and The Open Insulin Foundation, Courtesy The Open Insulin Foundation. Water Harvester, Waha, Inc. Courtesy Waha, Inc.Nautilus Submarine Concept Drawing, 2021, Jeffrey Veregge, Courtesy Jeffrey Veregge. Pegasusvehicle, 2020, Virgin Hyperloop, Courtesy Virgin Hyperloop.Co-Lab render courtesy of Autodesk Inc. Elevate ultimate mobility vehicle model and image courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group.me + you in the Smithsonian’s Arts + Industries Building, rendering, Courtesy Reddymade.me + you prototype, photo by Heather Hazzan.Devan Shimoyama, 2021. Courtesy of Devan Shimoyama.César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Octavia Butler Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Isamu Noguchi Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Soo Sunny Park, 2021, Eli Burak. Courtesy of Soo Sunny Park.Beatriz Cortez working in the studio, 2021, courtesy of Gina Clyne.Chultun El Semilleo (miniature), 2021, Beatriz Cortez. Courtesy of Beatriz Cortez.Glacial Erratic, 2020, Steel, Installation view at the Lux Art Institute, Courtesy of the Beatriz Cortez and Commonwealth and Council.Tamiko Thiel and /p with the Evolution of Fish at the Digital Graffiti Festival, 2019. Courtesy of Tamiko Thiel.Appalachian Futures film still, directed by Sally Rubin and Ashley York, 2021. Courtesy of Sally Rubin and Ashley York.Tiichajil (Good Life) film still, directed by Pamela Yates, 2021. Courtesy of Pamela Yates.Freedom Constellations film still, directed by Mark Strandquist, 2021. Courtesy of Mark Strandquist.NuWu Means The People film still, directed by Ben-Alex Dupris, 2021. Courtesy of Ben-Alex Dupris.Ashley York, 2021. Courtesy of Ashley York.Leena Jayaswal, 2021. Courtesy of Leena Jayaswal.Pamela Yates, 2021. Courtesy of Pamela Yates.
Staff, mid-1900s, Yoruba Artist, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Courtesy Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.Poster, Münich Olympics, 1972, Otl Aicher, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Ken Friedman; 1997-19-167, Courtesy Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.Promotional pamphlet for Soul City, 1971, Floyd B. McKissick Enterprises, Inc., Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Savanna Vaughn and C. Warfield Clark, M.D. , Courtesy National Museum of African American History and Culture. Capsula Mundi, Raoul Bretzel and Anna Citelli, Courtesy Vincenzo Monzino. Digital photo of man wearing Assistive Hit Suit for Active Living, 2019-ongoing. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Courtesy Max Rousseau, Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Porfirio on Loom, 2019, Javier Lazo, Courtesy of Porfirio Gutierrez. Skateboard used by professional skateboarder Leo Baker, Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Doing Nothing with AI, 2019, Emanuel Gollob, Courtesy Juergen-Gruenwald. Eos Bioreactor, Hypergiant Industries. Courtesy Hypergiant Industries. Biosuit, Inventor, Science and Engineering, Professor Dava Newman, MIT, Design, Guillermo Trotti, A.I.A., Trotti and Associates, Inc. (Cambridge, MA), Fabrication, Dainese (Vicenza, Italy), Photography, Douglas Sonders, Courtesy Professor Dava Newman and Guillermo Trotti.Futures that Inspire of FUTURES in the East Hall of the Arts + Industries Building, rendering, Courtesy of Rockwell Group. Co-Lab render courtesy of Autodesk Inc. Elevate ultimate mobility vehicle model and image courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group.me + you in the Smithsonian’s Arts + Industries Building, rendering, Courtesy Reddymade.Suchi Reddy and me + you prototype, photo by Heather Hazzan.Devan Shimoyama, 2021. Courtesy of Devan Shimoyama.Leo Baker Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Floyd McKissick Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Alexander Graham Bell Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Capturing Resonance at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 2021. Courtesy Soo Sunny Park.Capturing Resonance at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 2021. Courtesy Soo Sunny Park.Beatriz Cortez working in the studio, 2021, Courtesy of Gina Clyne.Objeto Antiguo, 2021, Beatriz Cortez, Kaqjay Moloj, and Fiebre Ediciones. Steel, stone, ceramic, paper, and pine leaves, Courtesy of Beatriz Cortez and Yubo @ ofstudio/ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.ReWildAR Summer Visualization in the Smithsonian AIB, rendering, 2021, Courtesy of Tamiko Thiel.ReWildAR Echinacea Flower 3D Model, 2021, Courtesy of Tamiko Thiel.Succulent City film still, directed by Mike Attie, 2021. Courtesy of Mike Attie.Rising film still, directed by Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, 2021. Courtesy of Mildred Ruiz-Sapp.Dreaming in Green: Concrete Dreams film still, directed by Leena Jayaswal, 2021. Courtesy of Leena Jayaswal. Sally Rubin, 2021. Courtesy of Sally Rubin.Mike Attie, 2021. Courtesy of Mike Attie.Mark Strandquist, 2021. Courtesy of Mark Strandquist.
Experimental Telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, 1876. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.Spacesuit Testing Android, 1960s, IIT Research Institute, 1960s, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Courtesy National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.Atoms for Peace, 1955, Erik Nitsche, 1955. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Arthur Cohen and Daryl Otte in memory of Bill Moggridge, Courtesy Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. Olivetti Studio 46 Typewriter Used by Octavia Butler, ca. 1974–1979, Olivetti S.p.A., Courtesy Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.Oceanix City, OCEANIX/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Courtesy CEANIX/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group. Tlingit Clan Crest Hat, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Courtesy National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Not the Only One (N’TOO), Stephanie Dinkins, Courtesy Stephanie Dinkins. Cosmic Listening, Stacey Robinson, Courtesy Stacey Robinson. Give Earth a Chance, 1970,Milton Glaser, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Uri Danyluk, Courtesy Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. (Im)Possible Baby, Ai Hasegawa, Courtesy Ai Hasegawa. Past Futures of FUTURES in the North Hall of the Arts + Industries Building, rendering, Courtesy of Rockwell Group. Futures that Work of FUTURES, in the West Hall of the Arts + Industries Building, rendering, Courtesy of Rockwell Group.Futures that Unite of FUTURES in the South Hall of the Arts + Industries Building, rendering, Courtesy of Rockwell Group. Co-Lab render courtesy of Autodesk Inc. Elevate ultimate mobility vehicle model and image courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group.me + you in the Smithsonian’s Arts + Industries Building, rendering, Courtesy Reddymade.Suchi Reddy and project curator Isolde Brielmaier standing in front of me + you prototype, photo by Heather Hazzan.Nettrice Gaskins Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Dr. Barney Graham and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Margaret Hamilton Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Helen Keller Portrait from the Featured Futurists series, 2021, Deep Dream. Courtesy of Nettrice Gaskins.Soo Sunny Park Installing Unwoven Light at the Rice Gallery, 2021, Nash Baker. Courtesy of Soo Sunny Park.Capturing Resonance at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 2021. Courtesy of Soo Sunny Park. Headshot of Beatriz Cortez, 2021, Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times, Courtesy of Beatriz Cortez.Glacial Pothole, 2020, Steel, Courtesy of Beatriz Cortez and Commonwealth and Council.Nomad 13, 2017, Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza, adobe, bricks, steel, plastic, paper, soil, and plants: corn, black beans, sorghum, amaranth, quinoa, chayote squash, chia, chili pepper, yerba buena, yerba santa, sage, and ceiba tree, Courtesy of Beatriz Cortez and Gyna Cline / Craft Contemporary Museum.Tamiko Thiel and /p (Peter Graf), 2021, Courtesy of Tamiko Thiel.Tamiko Thiel and /p with Unexpected Growth at the Whitney Museum of American Art New York, 2018. Courtesy of Tamiko Thiel.Futures We Dream filmmakers from left to right: Jessica Jones, Mark Strandquist, Pamela Yates, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Leena Jayaswal, Ben Alex-Dupris, Sally Rubin, Ashley York, Mike Attie.On the Pulse of Life film still, directed by Jessica Jones, 2021. Courtesy of Jessica Jones.Ben-Alex Dupris, 2021. Courtesy of Ben-Alex Dupris.Jessica Jones, 2021. Courtesy of Jessica Jones.Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, 2021. Courtesy of Mildred Ruiz-Sapp.
