Design
The Cities of the Future as Creepy, Dystopian Hellscapes
A British architecture firm is pumping out some really eerie sci-fi animations.
Something terribly wrong has happened with civilization in the short films of Factory Fifteen.
In "Megalomania," a simple construction project has seemingly fallen out of control, metastasizing to every corner of the urban landscape. Buildings are choked in thick jackets of scaffolding, dwelling units cling like barnacles to the side of a Ferris wheel and mountain-sized towers stretch into the clouds as if trying to reach the moon. Just who's doing all the building is a mystery. The only living thing presented in the animated film is a bird, adding to the imaginary city's sublime creepiness.