Do you think that maybe, now that collective dreams are possible again, we’ll start seeing the return of slick, stylized, retro-futurist projects, ambitions and advertisements? After all, in the age of everything being possible (in a CG movie if not in real life), and with the dreamy and slick iPhone aesthetic that gets stamped on all cultural production, the best way to win over jaded consumers might just be to tap into their long-dormant dreams of ambitious possibility for the future.

If so, we’re overjoyed at the idea (bring back the streamline!), and using the opportunity to gaze at the odd imaginings featured in WellMedicated’s listicle of 45 Vintage Space-Age Illustrations. For instance, maybe now the dream portrayed in the illustration at right, which can only be described as water polo, is actually within reach. Huzzah!