The Mechanical Future: Gears, Rivets, and Brass

An interior imagining the future through the mechanical age. Equipment is mechanical rather than electronic: exposed gears and drive shafts, brass pressure gauges and thermometers, riveted metal plates, manual joysticks and valves. Materials are brass, cast iron, leather, and dark wood. Pipes run along the walls and are secured with metal clamps. Lighting consists of bare filament bulbs in brass shades. The overall tone is warm metallic. Avoid: adding electronic screens and indicator lights, using plastic and synthetic materials, using cool-toned metals and neon, making mechanical parts purely decorative with no visible function.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以機械時代想像未來的室內。設備都是機械的而不是電子的:外露的齒輪與傳動軸、黃銅的壓力表與溫度計、鉚接的金屬板、手動的搖桿與閥門。材料是黃銅、鑄鐵、皮革與深色木。管線沿著牆面走並用金屬箍固定。照明是裸露的燈絲燈泡裝在黃銅罩裡。整體是溫暖的金屬色調。避免:加入電子螢幕與指示燈、使用塑膠與合成材料、使用冷色的金屬與霓虹、讓機械部件變成純裝飾看不出功能。