Silicon Valley Reimagined

What if modern tech was invented in the 1940s?

A digital illustration showing a pathway through a row of trees with circuit board elements and glowing nodes overlaying the trees, representing a futuristic landscape. The image is titled "Silicon Valley Reimagined" and mentions an alternate 1949 with gadgets and electronics.

Silicon Valley Reimagined is a retro-futurist product catalog from an alternate 1949, presented under the fictional retail brand Benedetti Brothers & Co.

Inside, modern digital technologies — mobile phones, smartwatches, and home computers — are reimagined as if engineered with knobs, switches, and brushed metal casings.

Styled as a mid-century buyer’s guide, the book features over 30 fictional consumer electronics, complete with period-inspired model names, specs, and prices.

Richly illustrated and inspired by 1940s industrial design, this 85-page hardcover (8.5 × 11", full color) blends speculative tech with vintage catalog aesthetics, offering a playful and immersive glimpse into a future imagined by the past.

Description | ISBN: 9798999604316

  • 85 pages of full-color illustrated product spreads

  • 30+ fictional tech devices, from mobile phones to mechanical calculators

  • A fictional catalog crafted to feel entirely authentic

  • Digital-era technology wrapped in 1940s analog aesthetics

  • Designed in the style of mid-century buyer’s guides and product manuals

  • Rich with period details — model names, pricing, specs, and layout design

  • A visual tribute to dieselpunk, industrial design, and postwar optimism

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A vintage red and chrome cellphone from an alternate Silicon Valley of 1949.
A vintage personal computer from an alternate Silicon Valley of 1949.
A vintage smartwatch prototype made of wood from an alternate Silicon Valley of 1949.
Vintage teal car parked in front of a building with large glass windows, people walking and shopping outside, a large tree partially visible, and a sign reading 'Benedetti Brothers & Co.'