Space Age Kitchen
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Glass, Plastic
Mid-20th Century French Space Age Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Metal, Aluminum, Enamel
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Serving Bowls
Lucite
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Silver
Vintage 1960s American Bauhaus Cabinets
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Danish Space Age Cabinets
Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Danish Tableware
Stainless Steel
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Serving Pieces
Brass, Chrome
20th Century Taiwanese Post-Modern Tableware
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Mid-20th Century American Space Age Bottles
Pottery
Vintage 1980s Space Age Cabinets
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Tea Sets
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Cupboards
Plastic
Vintage 1970s English Space Age Cabinets
Wood
Vintage 1940s French Space Age Cabinets
Oak
20th Century German Space Age Cabinets
Fiberglass, Wood
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Serving Pieces
Plastic
Vintage 1960s German Space Age Soup Tureens
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Cabinets
Plastic
Vintage 1910s French Space Age Tea Sets
Silver
Vintage 1960s American Space Age Cabinets
Glass, Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Serving Bowls
Plastic
Vintage 1970s American Space Age Cabinets
Metal
Vintage 1960s European Space Age Tableware
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s German Space Age Serving Pieces
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Serving Bowls
Plastic
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Tableware
Crystal
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Mid-20th Century European Space Age Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Metal
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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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- 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.








