Futuristic Dreamscapes

Futuristic Dreamscapes

Have you ever sat through the credits of an early James Bond film? Or one of Kubrick's masterpieces? If so then you may just be familiar with the man responsible for some of the most breathtaking and imaginative set designs in cinema history, Sir Ken Adam.

Born in Berlin in 1921, the Jewish/German Adam relocated with his family to England in 1933 during the height of Nazi rule. It was after the second world war that he began dabbling in design for the film industry, having been educated as an architect. His talents as a set designer became apparent in his first real Hollywood success in 1962, the design of the nuclear reactor for the film Dr. No. He continued to develop these wonderfully technical and "futuristic" designs of the 60's that made the early Bond films so identifiable and well-loved.

The nuclear reactor, Dr. No

Fort Knox, Goldfinger

Conference room, Thunderball

The futuristic set of Moonraker

Perhaps you've seen this before? The spaceship Enterprise was the vision of Ken Adam.

Possibly his most famous design is the War Room from Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove

And a sketch from the widely acclaimed but highly underrated spy film, The Ipcress File

All images above are from obvious and one1more2time3.

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