Neil Armstrong didn’t land on the moon until 1969, but the decades leading up to that date were filled with Cold War space competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.
#Atomic space age furniture install
This is also the perfect time to hang a classic Nelson sunburst clock or install a coconut chair in your living room. Try covering some pillows in a reclaimed midcentury geometric pattern, or lay a foundation for your room with a vintage Ingegerd Silow rug. As the post-war culture moved to explore the attractive possibilities of abstract art and space travel, geometric shapes became popular. This is a classic element of many midcentury styles, but it works especially well with Googie.
Try out Panton’s heart cone chair or McCobb’s fiberglass origami chair for a few furniture options that hint at Googie style. Even if your house doesn’t sport a Googie roof, you can incorporate the idea into your design with angles that don’t necessarily make sense. One of the most iconic features of Googie architecture is upward slanting rooflines. Unusual angles that contradict normalcy became hip and fun. Midcentury designers were living in the post World-War era, when consumers wanted new products for a new age. The look epitomizes the midcentury Space Age craze, and you can bring it to your own home with these simple elements. Head into the Space Age with the Googie look! This style is named after the popular midcentury coffee shop in West Hollywood designed by John Lautner in 1949. Let us know what you think of them, or if you have any other ideas of things from the Atomic or Space Age era that would make great home decor pieces.Unique furniture shapes, bright colors and flashy George Nelson clocks bring this space a truly Googie feel. We really enjoyed designing and crafting these unique mid-century inspired pieces, and hope you enjoy owning them in your home. With the rocket table clock, we decided to have some fun and go full-on space age with this design, complete with a polished aluminum finish as well as a retro space antenna and hatch windows. (Note: the blast tolerance hasn't been tested, but it looks really rugged). On a different end of the spectrum, the Mad Scientist Wall Clock looks right at home in a fallout shelter and could withstand a blast with its brass-finished aluminum body. You’ll see the same design cues on our Orbit table clock, as well as the Airstream clock. This specific piece was based on 1950’s space-age style automobiles like a 1950’s GM LeSabre. Only when looking straight on can you fully see the dial as it actually is pan enough in either direction and the colors and numbers are distorted. The Orbit Wall Clock is one of a few products to feature our heavy-duty distortion lens, which creates a nice visual effect. Also, it was a lot of fun to create ideas for products around these themes.
With features like free-form organic shapes and space-inspired materials, it's one of the boldest and most recognizable trends in history. When looking back at eras to draw inspiration from, the Atomic Age was a time we just had to utilize. The trend is also one of the most popular forms of retrofuturism, or depiction of the future created in an earlier time period (think steampunk or The Jetsons). Their ideas were born out concern for nuclear war, during the turmoil of World War II and the Cold War. During this period, designers and fabricators looked to the future for inspiration in crafting everything from furniture to homes to clothing. However, around that time, from the 1940’s - 1960’s, design took an interesting turn in the form of what’s called the Atomic Age. One of the biggest trends in fashion and decor right now is all things vintage, which happens to include the styles and motifs of mid-century modern design.
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