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Businesses and organisations

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Futura International Airways Futura International Airways was an airline with its head office in the ''Zona Facturación'' on the property of Palma de Mallorca Airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It operated scheduled services and charter flights for tour operators and ot ...
, a former airline based in Spain **
Futura Gael Futura Gael was an airline based in Dublin, Ireland, wholly owned by Futura International Airways, operating charter flights to Mediterranean countries, Eastern Europe and Egypt. History Futura Gael was set up by Futura International Air ...
, a former Irish subsidiary airline of Futura International Airways * Tikal Futura, a shopping, business and hotel complex in Guatemala City, Guatemala *
Futura plus Futura Plus ( sr-cyr, Футура плус) is a Serbian retail and distribution company, selling consumer goods, newspapers, non-alcoholic beverages and confectionery through Moj Kiosk convenience stores. History 2004–2011 The company was es ...
, a Serbian wholesale and retail company * Futura, a now defunct British paperback publisher, part of Robert Maxwell's
British Printing & Communications Maxwell Communication Corporation plc was a leading British media business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It collapsed in 1991 following the death of its titular owner. History The com ...
corporation.


Brands and marques

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Gibson Futura The Gibson Futura was an electric guitar that was the precursor of the model introduced as the Explorer. These prototypes, christened "Futura" many years later, resembled the eventual Explorer design, but had a differently-proportioned body, as ...
, an electric guitar *
Futura (typeface) Futura is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Paul Renner and released in 1927. It was designed as a contribution on the New Frankfurt-project. It is based on geometric shapes, especially the circle, similar in spirit to the Bauhaus desig ...
, a typeface designed in 1927 by Paul Renner *
Futura (cooker) Hawkins Cookers Limited Inc and formerly known as Pressure Cookers and Appliances Ltd, is an Indian company which manufactures pressure cookers and cookware. The company is based in Mumbai and has three manufacturing plants at Thane, Hoshiarpur ...
, a product of Hawkins Cookers Limited *
Royal Futura The Royal Futura is a portable, manual typewriter that was produced and sold from 1958 to 1962, by the Royal Typewriter Company division of Royal McBee Corporation. In appearance, features, and pricing, the introduction of the Futura marked a ne ...
, a portable typewriter produced from 1958 to 1962 *
Futura (clothing) Futura (styled FUTURA) is a Dutch men's and womenswear brand founded in 2014 by Anne Bosman (born 24 June 1988 in Amsterdam) and Tom Renema (born 16 October 1990 in Deventer), later joined by Sanne Schepers (born 7 March 1989 in Heerlen). Futura c ...
, a Dutch clothing brand.


Vehicles

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Aprilia Futura The Aprilia RST1000 Futura is a sport touring motorcycle that was produced by Aprilia from 2001 to 2004. It is equipped with a 113 horsepower (85 kW) four-stroke 60° V-twin engine with electric-start, liquid cooling and electronic fuel-inject ...
, a motorcycle *
Lincoln Futura The Lincoln Futura is a concept car promoted by Ford's Lincoln brand, designed by Ford's lead stylists Bill Schmidt and John Najjar, and hand-built by Ghia in Turin, Italy — at a cost of $250,000 (equivalent to $ in ). Displayed on the a ...
, a Ford concept car *
Ford Futura The Ford Futura is a large car that was made by Ford Australia between 1962 and 2008. Although the last Futura was part of the BF Series Ford Falcon range it was badged and marketed as the 'Ford Futura' rather than the 'Ford Falcon Futura'. Ford ...
, a car made by Ford Australia * Suzuki Futura, a
Suzuki Carry The is a kei truck produced by the Japanese automaker Suzuki. The microvan version was originally called the Carry van until 1982 when the passenger van versions were renamed as the . In Japan, the Carry and Every are ''kei cars'' but the Suzuk ...
commercial vehicle made by Suzuki of Indonesia since 1991 * VDL Futura, a model of double decker and single decker coach models manufactured by VDL Bus and Coach


Books

* ''Futura'' (magazine), a monthly French comic book magazine in the 1970s * ''Futura'' (science fiction magazine), published in Croatia 1992-2007


Film and TV

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Rai Futura Rai Futura was an Italian entertainment TV channel owned by RAI and launched May 30, 2005 on timeshares with Rai Doc. Scheduling Its programmes were dedicated to cinema, music, video games, comic books and television, politics, and books. * ''L33 ...
, an Italian entertainment TV channel *
Futura (TV channel) Canal Futura (''Futura Channel''), also known as Futura, is a Brazilian paid educational television channel. It belongs to the Canais Globo group of channels, a subsidiary of Globo, and was founded on December 11, 1999. The channel of the station ...
, Brazilian educational channel * Futura, the name of the ''
Maschinenmensch The ''Maschinenmensch'' (literally 'machine-human' in German language, German) is a fictional robot featured in Thea von Harbou's novel ''Metropolis (novel), Metropolis'' and Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927 film), film adaption of the novel. In the ...
'' in the original script of the film ''Metropolis'' * Futura, the home world of the eponymous hero in the television cartoon series ''
Colonel Bleep ''Colonel Bleep'' is a 1957 American animated TV series, which was the first color cartoon series made for television. It was created and written by Robert D. Buchanan and Jack Schleh in June 8, 1956, and was animated by Soundac, Inc. of Miami. ...
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Music and entertainment

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Futura Records Futura Records is a French record company and jazz record label founded in 1969 by Gérard Terronès. Marge Records is a notable subsidiary label. The label changed its name in 2018 into Futura Marge. Roster * Richard Accart * Françoise Acha ...
, a French record company and Jazz label *
Radio Futura Radio Futura was a Spanish pop rock group. They rose to become one of the most popular bands in Spain during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1989 they were voted the best Spanish act of the 1980s. The beginnings In 1979, painter, amateur singer a ...
, a Spanish pop rock group * ''
La Futura ''La Futura'' is the fifteenth studio album by American rock band ZZ Top, released on September 8, 2012. It is the band's first album in nine years, following ''Mescalero'', and peaked at number 5 on the '' Billboard'' "Top Rock Albums" chart. ' ...
'', an album by the American rock band ZZ Top * Futura Free, a song by American alternative R&B singer Frank Ocean *''Futura'', an album by Bosnian rapper
Jala Brat Jasmin Fazlić (born 16 October 1986), known by his stage name Jala Brat, is a Bosnian rapper and hip-hop recording artist, songwriter and producer. He is best known for collaborating with another Bosnian rapper Buba Corelli. Jala also represe ...


Sport

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FC Futura FC Futura (abbreviated Futura) is a football club from Porvoo in Finland. The club was formed in 1992 and their home ground is at the Porvoon keskuskenttä. The other venue used by the club is the Porvoon Pallokenttä. The men's first team cu ...
, a football club from Finland *
Futura Cup Futura may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Futura International Airways, a former airline based in Spain ** Futura Gael, a former Irish subsidiary airline of Futura International Airways * Tikal Futura, a shopping, business and hotel co ...
, a hockey trophy of the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey, Quebec


Other uses

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Futura (graffiti artist) Leonard Hilton McGurr (born November 17, 1955), known as Futura, and formerly known as Futura 2000, is an American graffiti artist. Biography He started to paint illegally on New York City's subway in the early 1970s, working with other artist ...
(formerly known as Futura 2000), a graffiti artist * ''Futura'', a play written by Jordan Harrison and presented by the National Asian American Theater Company


See also

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Salix futura ''Salix futura'' is a species of willow native to central Japan. It is a deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and sh ...
'', a species of willow native to Japan *
Diva Futura Diva Futura (Italian for "Future Diva", i.e. "Future Star") is an Italian pornography and erotica film studio. When founded in 1983 by porn star Ilona Staller and photographer and talent scout Riccardo Schicchi, it was the first casting agency ...
, an Italian pornography and erotica film studio * ''Diva Futura'' (album), an album by the Greek metal band Nightfall {{disambiguation