The inventive styles ranging from the quirky to the sophisticated, have proved to have a timeless appeal and can still be harmonious with contemporary modern decor designs. Polynesian, Aztec, Tiki and African themes were popular, along with other kitsch diversions all combining with modernist, abstract features. Let’s take a look at how space exploration influenced product design, from the use of innovative materials to the inspiration on the shapes of products. The public were eager to embrace modern design concepts, possibly to distance themselves from the recent WW global conflicts and their escapist desires were adequately provided by decor objects that exuded fantasy, glamour, modernism, humour and the future.ĭesigns embracing a fun-factor, kitchiness and sense of the future were ubiquitous and covered a vast array of decorative objects that included figurines, lamps, planters, clocks and vases. These provided iconic imagery that was very adaptable to the minimal streamlined industrial designs that had emerged in architecture and furniture from gifted designers like Le Corbusier, Ray Eames, Gio Ponti, Isamu Noguchi and Walter Gropius. The desire to bring futuristic styles into the mainstream, reflecting the thrust of the space age and the atomic age inventions, came into fruition.
Usually, the lines tend to be more horizontal and sometimes have a bit of a space-age quality to them. 'Mid-century style tends to be clean-lined but leans into warm woods and stones. It represented the critical mass of the merging of numerous design influences including biomorphic curves, orbiting atoms, fractured cubist forms, brutalist abstractions, lava glazes and streamlined minimalist forms. 'The space has mid-century bones layered with a mix of textures, materials, and art,' explains the studio's founder Jessica Davis. Mid Century design from the post WW2 era possessed a bold and audacious aesthetic that grew from the fusion of many intrepid design concepts. Indoors, capsule- and pod-shaped furniture dominated the prevailing decor. Vintage 70’s Space Age Howard Miller eye clock
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