Tomorrows World 1989: The House of 2020

[Ferdinand]

A clip that came my way with Judith Hann. predicting in 1989 what the house of 2020 would be like.

They are correct on passive (Passive Haus was being coined at the time - first one built in 1990), energy reduction to reduce fossil fuels (we have not far off halved emissions in the UK), LCD windows, intelligent house and other things. They have a piece of aerogel.

They overdo embedded technology always simplifying things, and are wrong on decor, and that Electicity Sockets would go away.

But there is no visible cat in the 2020 house, so no passive cat flaps.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cnk55nnnyxpo

And the presenter is one Christine McNulty, who was I think visiting a conference at the Windows on the World Restaurant in the World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001.

https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/christine-mcnulty

[nod]

I love all this 

I saw an old clip with John Noaks 

Predictions for the year 2000 No car 

Just mono rails Both presenter where dressed in space age clobber 

[SteamyTea]

I got all the futurology from this.

 

 

[Mike]

10 hours ago, Ferdinand said:

A clip that came my way with Judith Hann. predicting in 1989 what the house of 2020 would be like.

Overall, remarkably accurate. Starting with all that 'clutter' in the fist section - all now available on your smartphone.

 

10 hours ago, Ferdinand said:

wrong on... that Electicity Sockets would go away.

They're partly right - you can recharge that smartphone wirelessly.

 

10 hours ago, Ferdinand said:

and are wrong on decor

Thankfully! And fashions have improved too.

[SteamyTea]

7 hours ago, Mike said:

And fashions have improved to

You live in France.

 

[Mike]

18 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

On 03/04/2025 at 23:20, Mike said:

And fashions have improved to

You live in France.

I don't remember them being that bad last time I visited the UK. Though it's been a long time since I made it to Cornwall...

[SteamyTea]

5 hours ago, Mike said:

Though it's been a long time since I made it to Cornwall

It is still 2005 down here.

Always make me giggle when emmets are here in the latest fashion, or worse, what they think the locals wear.

Cornish national dress is shorts, T-shirt and flipflops.

[Bancroft]

"There won't be one home, but millions of different types".

 

Not if the Barretts, Persimmon and Wimpeys of the world have their way!

 

Interesting to see the glass with embedded LCD so that it can be clear/opaque  - didn't realise that technology was so old.  Shame it hasn't got more widespread use today.