Perhaps
not a hoax but the floating nuclear power purportedly slated for construction by Russia couldn't look more retro.
From TOD:


According to Bruce McCall,
"all meat looks like South America", and so I can't but notice that these minimalist plans look much like the retro stylings of Mr. McCall, a cartoonist for
The New Yorker and before that,
National Lampoon.

Phila remains a fan of the
original cartoon work that I believe McCall derives much of his inspiration from.