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“This is the solarpunk future I'm fighting for! https://t.co/fqMfOzc9mj”

Solarpunk is a genre of speculative fiction that is also its own distinguished aesthetic, focusing mainly on renewable energy, living in harmony with nature, and the better future envisioned through both. Solarpunk also emphasizes handcrafted wares (as opposed to mass-produced products) and community. The 'punk' in Solarpunk comes from the genre's anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist nature, as well as its strong focus on community and prefigurative politics, which separates it from…

Classic Lyrics: Do you feel it? / That's the magic / Baby, this right here is a classic / Going number 1, automatic / Make you wanna turn it up, turn it up / Classic like a movie / Hot like the

Solarpunk is a genre of speculative fiction that is also its own distinguished aesthetic, focusing mainly on renewable energy, living in harmony with nature, and the better future envisioned through both. Solarpunk also emphasizes handcrafted wares (as opposed to mass-produced products) and community. The 'punk' in Solarpunk comes from the genre's anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist nature, as well as its strong focus on community and prefigurative politics, which separates it from…

Director Bjørn-Erik Aschim, who opened the Ciclop Festival a few years back with this inspirational sequence, rallies The Line crew in London to conjure a near-future utopian landscape for US food brand Chobani. [Read more]

I had to pleasure to work with The Line Animation on a Ghibli inspired commercial earlier this year. I loved the style and vision of this solar-punk/rustic future. Here are some of the prop/mecha concepts that I enjoyed doing a bit too much!