In Other Times
Back to the Future
Specials • E57 Apr 22, 2023 51m
How did we look at the future 50 years ago? In the House of the Future, conceived in the late 1980s by futurologist Chriet Titulaer and realized on the site of Autotron entrepreneur Dirk Lips, visitors could see the gadgets in context. Titulaer's daughter Karen looks back on his mission: explaining science in an understandable way. The twins Rudolf and Robbert Das made futuristic drawings. Their Hill House was also completed later. Artist Constant Nieuwenhuijs, himself inspired by the future, inspired others, such as writer Tonke Dragt. What were we going to do with the time that was freed up thanks to the gadgets?