Space Age Garden or Patio Ashtray done in Orange Plastic, Italy 1970s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a rare Space Age Ashtray done in orange plastic or acrylic.
Plastic
Steel & Plastic 1960s Table Ashtray by E. Gismondi Schweinberger for Artemide
By Emma Gismondi Schweinberger, Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Steel table ashtray with black plastic base designed by emma gismondi schweinberger for Artemide in 1966. Good condition: some light signs of wear due to time and use.
Steel
Sergio Asti, mod.4635 red ashtray / catchall, Kartell Italy 1967
By Sergio Asti, Kartell
Located in Firenze, IT
Mod. 4635 red ashtray / catchall. Sergio Asti for Kartell, Italy 1967 Metal, plastic. H 4.8 cm Diam. 25,5 cm Conditions: excellent, no defects
Metal
Sergio Asti, Mod.4635 Black Ashtray / Catchall, Kartell Italy 1967
By Kartell, Sergio Asti
Located in Firenze, IT
Mod. 4635 black ashtray / catchall. Sergio Asti for Kartell, Italy 1967 Metal, plastic. H 4,8 cm Diam. 25,5 cm Conditions: excellent, no defects.
Metal
Giorgio Soavi for Olivetti, "O" Ashtray, 1968
Located in London, GB
Soavi designed this ashtray for Olivetti, a company originally created by Camillo Olivetti in 1908 to produce typewriters. Olivetti became famous for the meticulous attention it paid...
Plastic
$1,450
Ashtray Crystal, 1950
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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Crystal
White Melamine sculptural Spiros ashtray by E. Peduzzi Riva for Artemide, 1968
By Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Iconic spiral ashtray made by Artemide in the 1960s. The sphere and spiral design give this simple object a more decorative and sculptural feel. Available also in white version.
Plastic, Acrylic, Rubber
Black Melamine sculptural Spiros ashtray by E. Peduzzi Riva for Artemide, 1968
By Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Iconic spiral ashtray made by Artemide in the 1960s. The sphere and spiral design give this simple object a more decorative and sculptural feel. Available also in white version.
Plastic, Acrylic, Rubber
Space Age Chocolate Brown Floor Ashtray by Caimi, Italy, 1970s
By Giuseppe Caimi
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Italian Space Age floor ashtray designed and produced by Caimi during the 1970s.
Metal
Ice Bucket, 3 Ashtrays White Plastic, Steel, Cini & Nils OPI Studio Italy, 1970s
By Mario Melocchi and Franco Bettonica, Studio O.P.I., Cini & Nils
Located in Arosio, IT
MarCo Melocchi and Franco Bettonica of O.P.I. Design, designed these items in 1974 and 1975. These are original items, bought as they came out on the design scene. One is the famous...
Steel
1970s Cin & Nils Design OPI Milano Nautical Ashtray
By OPI Milano
Located in Biella, IT
Cin & Nils design Opi Milano rare nautical ashtray years '70. Measure; 4 inches x 2", vintage in perfect condition.
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 1.75 in Dm 10 in
MCM / Space Age Sergio Asti Black and Chrome Ashtray / Catchall Kartell 1970s
By Sergio Asti, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Black ashtray / catch all by Sergio Asti for Kartell Model No. 4635 This ashtray has a very interesting design, featuring a stainless steel inner piece that is both chromed and pai...
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Vintage Bar Ashtray Space Age
Located in Palermo, Italia
Vintage 60-70 years in plastic and chromed metal Come from real photos of the only Rarissimo piece I own. A rare version that opens in two at the center dropping ashes Used ...
Plastic
Italian space age floor snap ashtray 320 in white and black plastic, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age Floor snap ashtray 320 in white and black plastic, 1970s Floor ashtray mod. 320 in ivory white and black ABS plastic.
Metal
Sold
H 4.34 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
Italian Space Age table ashtray Spiros Eleonora Peduzzi Riva Artemide, 1960s
By Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Space Age table ashtray Spiros by Eleonora Peduzzi Riva for Artemide, 1960s Table ashtray model Spiros entirely made of plastic.
Plastic
Sold
H 3.15 in Dm 3.15 in
Italian space age Singleperson nautical ashtray by Opi Studio Cini & Nils, 1970s
By Cini & Nils
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age Single-person nautical safety ashtray by Opi Studio for Cini & Nils, 1970s Single-person nautical safety ashtray in red plastic.
Plastic
Sold
H 3.15 in W 6.62 in D 6.7 in
Italian orange plastic & chrome plated metal 1970 Exa ashtray by Velca
By Albert Leclerc, Velca Legnano
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Large table ashtray in orange plastic with chrome plated pivotable lid. Very good condition.
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Space Age Floor Ashtray in Orange Plastic and Chrome
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
This floor standing ashtray was produced in Italy during the 1970s and represents a distinctive example of Space Age design applied to everyday domestic objects.
Metal
Sold
H 1.19 in Dm 8.47 in
Italian Mid-Century Ashtray 4640 Cendrier by Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, 1980
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century ashtray 4640 Cendrier by Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, 1980s Round table ashtray model 4640 Cendrier in red and black plastic. The structure has several concentr...
Plastic
Rare 1960s Space Age Floor Ashtray in Orange Plastic and Chrome
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
A rare and authentic 1960s Space Age ashtray, this sculptural floor-standing piece highlights the bold experimentation with plastics that defined the era.
Metal
Space Age Floor Standing Ashtray - Retro Design Italy 60s Home Decor
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Indulge in the nostalgia of space age design with our exquisite Italian floor standing ashtray from the 1960s.
Metal
Space Age Large Red Melamine Italian Ashtray Tuborg Beer Advertising
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool red Space Age large ashtray, circa 1970s in great condition never used made in Italy Milan nice and unique decorative piece from a great era. Advertisement for Danish Beer Tuborg.
Plastic
Sold
H 21.66 in W 7.09 in D 7.09 in
Italian Space Age Floor Standing Ashtray - Orange Retro Chic Home Decor, 1960s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Step back in time to the swinging sixties with this iconic Italian vintage 1960s ashtray, a stylish and functional piece that embodies the retro charm of the era. Crafted with a slee...
Metal
Sold
H 16.15 in W 10.24 in D 10.24 in
Trash and Ashtray - Synthesis Line - E. Sottsass for Olivetti - Italy - '70s
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, IT
An iconic Italian design object signed by Ettore Sottsass, this elegant umbrella stand with integrated ashtray was designed in the 1970s for Olivetti as part of the famous Synthesis ...
Plastic
Sold
H 1.38 in W 8.47 in D 8.47 in
Artemide Spyros Melamine Sculpture in Glossy Black by Eleanor Peduzzi Riva, 70s
By Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, Artemide
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Iconic and ultra rare melamine sculpture Spyros by Artemide. Designed by Eleanor Peduzzi Riva in 1976 and conceived as a table ashtray, Spyros features a heavy black sphere that slid...
Plastic
Gino Sarfatti 600C Table Lamp Arteluce, 1970s
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Designed by Gino Sarfatti in 1966, model 600 is an authentic and distinctive design masterpiece. The idea was inspired by the bean bag ashtrays. The leather base evokes a tennis ba...
Metal
Space Age Standing Ashtray, Italy 1970s
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Italian space age standing ashtray in orange plastic.
Metal
Giotto Stoppino for Rexite Space Age Italian Ashtray Stand, 1980s
By Rexite, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Miami, FL
Giotto Stoppino for Rexite Space Age Italian Ashtray Stand, 1980s Offered for sale is a space-age Italian ashtray stand designed by Giotto Stoppino (1926-2011) for Rexite c1980.
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Metal Standing Ashtray Orange Floor Model
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
This Italian Space Age standing ashtray was produced during the 1970s and reflects the sculptural approach to everyday objects characteristic of the period. Constructed in painted o...
Metal
Sold
H 8.27 in W 41.34 in D 7.88 in
Italian Space Age S-Shaped Shelves in Bright Orange Plastic, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age S-shaped shelves in bright orange plastic, 1970s Fantastic pair of S-shaped shelves with rounded profile and corners, in bright orange plastic.
Plastic
Sold
H 54 in W 18 in D 18 in
Vintage Floor Standing Ashtray with Tulip Shape - Patent Design Italy 1960s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Indulge in the nostalgia of space age design with our exquisite Italian floor standing ashtray from the 1960s.
Metal
Mid-Century Chrome M60 Ashtray by Tecno Design for Luci, Italy 1970s
By LUCI Illuminazione, Tecno
Located in Roma, IT
The ashtray is signed on the bottom. This eye-catching space age ashtray is in amazing conditions and has never been used (New old Stock).
Metal, Chrome
Rotocenere Ashtray by Joe Colombo for Kartell Italy 1966
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in PARIS, FR
Rotocenere ashtray by Joe Colombo for the Italian company Kartell. He designed this ashtray in 1966, always with the aim of creating objects that respond to everyday problems while u...
Metal
Ashtray 4635 Design by Sergio Asti for Kartell, 1967
By Sergio Asti, Kartell
Located in FERROL, ES
Ashtray 4635 design by Sergio Asti for Kartell, 1967. White plastic base, yellowish due to time, and metallic upper part with some signs of use. Measurements: 25 cm. diameter 5...
Metal
Space age Black Mebel Clam Ashtray Bowl by Alan Fletcher, 1970
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
Vintage Mebel Italy Black colour, Clam Ashtray Bowl by Alan Fletcher, Rare piece from 1969, Space Age.
Plastic
Umbrella Stand by Gino Colombini for Kartell, circa 1970s
By Gino Colombini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These umbrella stands were designed by Gino Colombini for Kartell in the 1970s. Colombini was an Italian architect and industrial designer who was the technical director of Kartell f...
Plastic
Italian space age round chromed metal ashtray, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Round ashtray, entirely in chromed steel, with fabric padding on the support part. Good conditions. 1970s Measurements in cm 13p x 2h Beautiful ashtray with a rounded shape, with a b...
Metal
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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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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