The Shirley Windmill in Croydon, England, was a 19th-century structure once central to local flour production. Photographed from below, its black tower and bright yellow sails are framed between leafy tree boughs, beneath a flat blue sky and lime-green foliage. The pop-art treatment casts the windmill into a new role—as a symbol of renewal, showcasing past ingenuity as a foundation for present energy narratives.

Though retired more than a century ago, the windmill’s silhouette fast-forwards into the era of wind farms and renewable energy. What was once a local agricultural engine now becomes part of a global conversation about how wind, one of humanity’s oldest energy sources, renews its relevance.
Revolutions Remembered prompts reflection on a broader business theme: long-term persistence of a primary energy source through successive revolutions in technology.