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Simon Stålenhag
Personal blog · simonstalenhag.sedesignculture
Simon Stålenhag's personal blog at simonstalenhag.se covers design and culture. Since 2013, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Retro Sci-Fi Images of a Dystopian Swedish Countryside”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Simon Stålenhag's site for retro-futurist sci-fi artwork. Commenters compare it to other retrofuturist art, Mark Fisher's writing, and Unreal Engine renders.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Retro Sci-Fi Images of a Dystopian Swedish Countryside7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2014-06-15
- Amazing paintings that will make you wish you were swedish4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2018-12-05
What Hacker News says?
That's wild, thanks for sharing. I'd have to imagine it's served as some level of inspiration for Simon Stålenhag's work. Ex: http://www.simonstalenhag.se/bilderbig/by_procession_1920.jp...
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on “What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922)”Submitted Retro Sci-Fi Images of a Dystopian Swedish Countryside as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHehe, we'll make our own url.town, with sci-fi art, and hookers! https://www.simonstalenhag.se/ ^ The link is for the sci-fi art, not the hookers.
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on “Welcome to url.town, population 465”Submitted Swedish Retro-Modernism Art as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI had never heard of Mark Fisher, so thanks for sharing. The fact that he admired Burial has certainly piqued my interest and Mark Fishers focus on futures never-to-be really aligns perfectly with my tendency to wallow in SehnSucht often brought on by Boards of Canada or paintings by Simon Stålenhag: https://www.simonstalenhag.se/
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on “Mark Fisher’s “K-punk” and the futures that have never arrived (2018)”Submitted Amazing paintings that will make you wish you were swedish as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSimon Stålenhag does really great work that if not considered retro-futurism proper is something else that doesn't seem to have a name but certainly is at least in a space adjacent to retro-futurism. http://www.simonstalenhag.se/
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on “Retrofuturism”Submitted Simon Stålenhag Art Gallery as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYes exactly! And just like someone else pointed out, it does remind me of Simon Stålenhag. I even own one of his prints. http://www.simonstalenhag.se/bilderbig/fjarrhandske_1920_bad...
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on “Unreal Engine 4 shots that are unbelievably realistic”Submitted The Electric State, by Simon Stålenhag (2017) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWow, that reminds me so much of Simon Stalenhag's work. I had to check that it wasn't the same guy! http://www.simonstalenhag.se/
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on “Unreal Engine 4 shots that are unbelievably realistic”Submitted Simon Stålenhag Art Gallery as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis guys retro futurist artwork: https://www.simonstalenhag.se/
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on “Ask HN: What awesome stuff have you come across lately?”Submitted Simon Stålenhag Art Gallery as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Simon Stålenhag Art Gallery as a story · 1 points
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