tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post1495431010421269482..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Monsanto House of the Future Brochure (1961)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-58551265008966995022008-02-25T12:34:00.000-05:002008-02-25T12:34:00.000-05:00Why is it that futurists of the 1950s and 1960s be...Why is it that futurists of the 1950s and 1960s believed that the "man of the future" wouldn't need *privacy*? That house has no doors, not even on the bathrooms!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-26072655303839252322008-01-29T16:15:00.000-05:002008-01-29T16:15:00.000-05:00I actually really like the floor plan.I actually really like the floor plan.Jack Generichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17184068193999197490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-73035556828210909352008-01-26T23:20:00.000-05:002008-01-26T23:20:00.000-05:00I was at Disneyland last weekend, coincidentally. ...I was at Disneyland last weekend, coincidentally. Tomorrowland was not as tomorrowy as it used to be. Pretty much the same attractions as in the 70s, though some had been updated a little. I didn't see a darn thing that would make me want to put on a shiny suit and wait on my curb for the spacebus to pick me up and take me into orbit... where I would go to work each morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-48416887770657267452008-01-26T19:59:00.000-05:002008-01-26T19:59:00.000-05:00True, but say goodbye to a view from the window.I ...True, but say goodbye to a view from the window.<BR/><BR/>I do find it interesting they were talking about microwave ovens a good two decades before they were widely marketed.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-21017749187912504672008-01-26T19:38:00.000-05:002008-01-26T19:38:00.000-05:00Janet, the heating inefficiency could be fixed by ...Janet, the heating inefficiency could be fixed by tessellating them together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-90575285983287507042008-01-26T10:40:00.000-05:002008-01-26T10:40:00.000-05:00Interestingly prescient, from phrases ("hands free...Interestingly prescient, from phrases ("hands free") to techical (spray-in foam insulation), and even to the unstated -- the home has a really open floor plan, definiately not common in houses of the 1950s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-44054355381804366092008-01-25T22:18:00.000-05:002008-01-25T22:18:00.000-05:00All I can think of is the off-gassing in a house l...All I can think of is the off-gassing in a house like that. And I'm allergic to acrylic.<BR/><BR/>The cruciform design is not very efficient for heating and cooling either.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-69973879697077781132008-01-25T20:33:00.000-05:002008-01-25T20:33:00.000-05:00Matt,Thanks for sharing this with us. The MHotF is...Matt,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this with us. The MHotF is a fascinating subject!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023449275486420957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-29398394156713566502008-01-25T18:00:00.000-05:002008-01-25T18:00:00.000-05:00Isabelle, that was a Xanadu, another "house of the...Isabelle, that was a Xanadu, another "house of the future". I'm originally from Wisconsin and there was another Xanadu there.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanadu_HouseJonathan Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-26334647199525161452008-01-25T16:48:00.000-05:002008-01-25T16:48:00.000-05:00Y'know, I don't know if this was specifically in D...Y'know, I don't know if this was specifically in Disneyland. I remember living in Orlando in around 1995, and outside of Disneyworld, on 192 I think near Kissimee, there was a very similar if not identical "house of the future." At the time, of course, it was decrepit and overgrown and no one was allowed in. I think it was torn down very soon afterwards.Isabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252690723338025605noreply@blogger.com