Hyper 1980's Motion Graphics

This collection is so bad it's good, enjoy...

VIDEODROME (1983) Trailer with hyper '80s graphics for the David Cronenberg classic

JVC - Time Rider - Computer Dreaming (1981)
Unbelievably painfully cheesy video effects demo from JVC circa 1981. They suffered for their art - now it's your turn.

Quest (1985)
Computer animated short from 1985 featured gratuitous amounts of ray tracing, rendered on a network of 108 Apollo Workstations.

Star Rider (1983)
Background visuals from the hybrid laserdisc/CG arcade game "Star Rider." (watch from 46 seconds onwards...)

Bio-Sensor (1984) / Sio-Benbor (1988)
(This is very odd!) Two shorts for the price of one! Bio-Sensor (1984) is a surreal Japanese film notable for its early use of primitive motion capture, using profile and head-on films of a tiger walking (a la Muybridge). Sio-Benbor (1988) is a French parody notable for having a really cute kitty cat.

Brilliance (1985)
...And now for the obligitary sexy female robot

Semiconductor 20 Hz | Geo-magnetic Storm

"20 Hz observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Working with data collected from the CARISMA radio array and interpreted as audio, we hear tweeting and rumbles caused by incoming solar wind, captured at the frequency of 20 Hertz. Generated directly by the sound, tangible and sculptural forms emerge suggestive of scientific visualisations. As different frequencies interact both visually and aurally, complex patterns emerge to create interference phenomena that probe the limits of our perception." http://www.semiconductorfilms.com/root/20Hz/20Hz.htm

Found via http://www.planetaryfolklore.com/2011/11/semiconductor-20hz.html

NASA Identity Guidelines 1976

NASA identity guidelines by Danne and Blackburn, 1976 found via http://timgeorgedesign.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/nasa-1976-identity-guidelines/ and the update http://timgeorgedesign.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/nasa-1976-identity-guidelines...

John Harris | Sci-Fi Illustrator

Another great Sci-fi artist - see his bio here: http://www.tor.com/bios/artists/john-harris

http://www.tor.com/galleries/john-harris

http://www.theillustrationboard.com/index.php?/topic/240-john-harris/

Vintage Social & Motivational Posters from Russia

Industry, Agriculture, Transport, Textiles, Energy, Sport...

And now for the Cosmonauts...

From the Museum of Russian Posters http://eng.plakaty.ru/posters?cid=4

Cool Japanese Cars 'n' Comic Covers

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/thatseurobeat/GALLERY/gallery.html

Outer Space Album Covers

All from the fantastic http://lpcoverlover.com

Nerds & Outer Space | 1980's Computer Mag Covers

http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/homecomputer

http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/happy-computer

A Graphic Homage to the Space Shuttle

You don't know what you've got till it's gone...

Games, Pinball & Kits
Source for all on http://pinterest.com/kathykavan/space/

And an extra special mention of the CEEFAX Shuttle Infographic 1981

Paintings, Posters & Art
Source for all on http://pinterest.com/kathykavan/space/

Mission Patches
http://www.draplin.com/2011/02/post_813.html
http://space-patches.blogspot.com/

The Big Space Colony Art Collection

Space Colony Art from the 1970's
A couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made.
http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArt/art.html
http://www.donaldedavis.com/PARTS/allyours.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/20/spacecolonies.html