Jonathan Williams shares some out-of-this-world illustrations he completed recently for the Evening Standard, London. The article recalls the now-quaint ‘futroscoper’ from 1961 predicting life in the year 2011, and imagines how the mutating careers market will evolve by 2061.

The Trans-Olympic Athlete
At Istanbul 2020, the Paralympic Games drew larger audiences than its Olympic equivalent, as developments in prosthetic limbs led to an astonishing series of records… As the Trans-Olympics graced Europe at Milton Keynes 2062, British hope Victoria Sayal is close to the seven-second mark for the 100 metres.

The A.I. Guy
Jackson is one of three humans who works at the Centurion retirement home in East Finchley. His job is to service the A.I. machines who do the caring. (There is a rumor that Jackson shares his basement office with an interactive sex doll named Pearl. The rumor’s true: Jackson doesn’t really care for humans.)

The Vertical Farmer
Laura is passionate about the local produce she grows on her high-rise Bow allotment where developments in aeroponics and hydroponics allow 20 stories of vegetable production… She sees her brand of hi-tech, low-carbon production as the ideal middle way between technology and tradition.