![]() ![]() Just look at this Coca Cola building! Image from ![]() According to the New York fair was had more extravagant futuristic commercial buildings that did not last long after the fair. There was also a science centered fair in New York City a few years later in 1964. Interestingly, it was reportedly at this same fair that the Broyhill furniture company presented their new designs for the Brasilia furniture line! So does that make Broyhill Brasilia space age? Read on below to find out more about space age furniture. The Space Needle was over 600 feet tall and it was one of many edifices built for the 6 month long fair with a total attendance of 10 million that put Seattle on the map.Īn attraction that left a lasting impression on fairgoers was the Bubbleator that the rode to the land of tomorrow. The Seattle Space Needle was the brain child of the organizers of the World's Fair, hoping to draw even more people to Seattle's exhibition on space. Thirty member nations along with businesses, artists and scientists all had the goal to show what would be possible in the future. ![]() The fair was also known as the Century 21 Exposition. ![]() There was even a World's Fair in Seattle, Washington in 1962 where a monumental building was erected in honor of the nation's scientific aspirations. Products emerged that were aimed at young people, so that they would be encouraged to consider careers in science to aid the cause. I would love to hear about what you might enjoy or have from this era!Ī fascination with space and science occurred worldwide, but we are going to mainly focus on what occurred here in the United States. It was the United States' race to space against the Soviet Union during the cold war that prompted the nation to focus on and promote science and the exploration of space. This week, (and actually over the next month over at the Omaha Modernism Guild) I wanted to delve into the history of Space Age Design. It was these chairs that brought the Space Age into the terrestrial living rooms.What comes to mind when you hear the words "space age"? An old scifi show like Star Trek or the cartoon The Jetsons? Or maybe you think of the curvy, futuristic designs in the 60s and 70s, like the egg chair, the Panton chair or the colorful groovy designs of wallpaper in that era. Fantastic white and silver space worlds with softly rounded plastic furniture were shown in movies such as Barbarella (1968) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). As they create a “room in the room” similar to a futuristic space capsule, they quickly became very popular and appeared not only in ‘60s living rooms but also in science fiction films. Not only do these chairs both look simple and unconventional at the same time, but they are also irrational and rational in an almost schizophrenic way. With the Sixties Revival at the end of the 20th century came the creations of the ball chair by Finnish furniture designer Eero Aarnio in 1963 and the egg chair by Danish industrial designer Henrik Thor-Larsen in 1968. The question of how one wanted to live in the future brought forth futuristic designs and manifested itself through geometric shapes. The race for the conquest of space had a great impact on people in the mid-1960s and thus also on fashion and design. ![]()
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