Fiberglass Space Age
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Sofas
Fabric, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Dressers
Plastic, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Armchairs
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Armchairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Center Tables
Fiberglass
1990s French Space Age Chairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Swiss Space Age Chairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s German Space Age Loveseats
Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s German Space Age Loveseats
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Belgian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Finnish Space Age Lounge Chairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s American Space Age Chairs
Steel
Vintage 1960s French Space Age Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s American Space Age Chairs
Steel
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Sofas
Plastic, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Dining Room Chairs
Plastic, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Finnish Space Age Lounge Chairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Sofas
Cord, Fiberglass
Late 20th Century German Space Age Chairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s French Space Age Desks and Writing Tables
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Finnish Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
20th Century Italian Space Age Armchairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Mexican Space Age Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Early 2000s French Space Age Lounge Chairs
Faux Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s French Space Age Armchairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s French Space Age Tables
Fiberglass, Polyester
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Armchairs
Fiberglass
1990s Finnish Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Armchairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s French Space Age Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Fiberglass, Foam
Vintage 1960s Finnish Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Fiberglass, Teak
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Sofas
Fabric, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Sofas
Fabric, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Sofas
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s North American Space Age Sofas
Fiberglass, Leather, Lucite
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Wool, Fiberglass
Vintage 1980s German Space Age Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Fabric, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s American Space Age Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Dining Room Chairs
Resin, Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s French Space Age Armchairs
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Desks
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s American Space Age Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Velvet, Fiberglass, Polyester
Vintage 1970s German Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Smoked Glass, Fiberglass
Vintage 1980s French Space Age Chaise Longues
Iron
Vintage 1970s German Space Age Armchairs
Plastic, Fiberglass
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A Close Look at Space-age Furniture
Vintage Space Age furniture captured post–World War II optimism with swooping shapes, bowed lines and experimentation with new materials including plastic and fiberglass.
From the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957 to the landing of Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon in 1969, the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States propelled advancements in technology that transformed culture. Space Age design encompassed fashion, architecture, cars, furniture and objects for the home, bringing wonder and hope for the future into everyday life.
Coinciding with Pop art, Space Age style featured bold colors and forms. Eero Aarnio’s Ball chair, which debuted in 1966, used molded fiberglass for a capsule-like space while Verner Panton’s 1959 Panton chair was a single piece of molded plastic for a gravity-defying S shape. Red versions of Olivier Mourgue’s 1964 Djinn chair were futuristic enough to appear on the space station in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Today, Joe Colombo is revered as a master of modern Italian design thanks to the provocative modular furniture pieces he created, such as the Tube chair and the Elda armchair, both of which embody the future-forward spirit of the Space Age.
The Space Age spirit extended to home building too. The futuristic Case Study Houses, which were designed by the likes of Pierre Koenig, Charles and Ray Eames, Richard Neutra and Whitney R. Smith, are considered a high point of modernism and the Southern California lifestyle.
Sometimes the nods to space exploration were more literal, like moon and star motifs or the 1965 Eclisse lamp by Vico Magistretti that saw the mid-century Italian designer integrating a movable inner shade to “eclipse” the light source. Alongside the pioneering moon missions, JVC manufactured the Videosphere portable television reminiscent of the Apollo 11 space helmets.
Although the style faded in the 1970s — with the 1975 joining of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts signaling a new era of cooperation and the global oil crisis impacting the availability of plastics — the era’s innovations influenced designers into the 21st century such as Zaha Hadid and Djivan Schapira.
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Materials: Plastic Furniture
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
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- What is space age furniture?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Space age furniture relates to furniture produced during the 1960s that was influenced by science fiction and the Space Race. Examples include Joe Colombo's KD29 lamp, Eero Aarnio's Ball Chair and Poul M. Volther's Corona Chair. Shop a selection of space age furniture on 1stDibs.