Space Age Design: Icons of the Movement

It's 1957: the Sputnik satellite orbits the earth, the race to the moon has begun - and the design world catapults the futuristic space look into our living rooms: furniture with a high-tech aesthetic, space design, in short anything reminiscent of a rocket shape becomes an absolute must. And the fascination continues to this day: everyone talks about retro-futurism. Astro design, as it emerged with the popular culture of the 1960s, is currently experiencing a revival - time to celebrate the design icons of space-age furniture with this sensationally illustrated coffee table book!

Fantastic design photography in a great coffee table book
Almost as legendary as the moon landing itself is the revolutionary interior design of the space age. This impressive coffee table book is a tribute to the great names of the design world. The high-tech aesthetic of their iconic designs is reflected in stunning photographs and text: Consider George Nelson's experimental Marshmallow Sofa, the futurism-influenced forms of Marco Zanuso's Astro Chair or Joe Colombo's Space Age bedroom furniture.

A beautifully illustrated book that becomes a summit meeting of design icons
Peter Martin, a renowned journalist, author and design connoisseur like no other, has created a beautiful coffee table book that immerses itself in the legendary design era between celebrated space technology, Sputnik hype and science fiction. The revolutionary geometry of the Tulip Chair by Eero Saarinen - almost weightless with only one chair leg, or the iconic spherical Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio, metallic design such as the Platner Chair by Werner Platner, as well as the Noguchi Coffee Table by Isamu Noguchi, a masterpiece between sculpture and functionalism: all the highlights that horrified the technological avant-garde and design enthusiasts of the space age are collected here!

Specifications
Title: Space Age Design: Icons of the Movement
Author: Peter Martin
Publisher: teNeues
Size: 235 x 300 mm
Size: 256 pages
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783961716036

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