$3,603
H 25.2 in W 29.14 in D 31.89 in
Italian Space Age Black Leather and Abs Plastic Armchair by Play, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age Black leather and abs plastic armchair by Play, 1970s. Armchair with Tulip style
Leather, Plastic
$840
H 16.93 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Pair of Space Age Side Tables by Flair ABS Plastic Netherlands 1970s
By Flair
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
A rare and highly collectible pair of Space Age side tables produced by Flair in the Netherlands
Plastic
$588
H 15.36 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
1970s Italian Space Age Table Lamp with Opaline Glass, Tulip Base and ABS Shade
By Old Timer Ferrari
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Space Age movement in European lighting design. Conceived as a functional yet highly expressive object
Metal
Unavailable
H 15.75 in W 19.69 in D 18.51 in
Set of Two Efebo Stackable Stools White ABS, Design by Stacy Dukes, 1960
By Stacy Dukes, Artemide
Located in 's Heer Arendskerke, NL
Set of two white stackable molded ABS resin stools. This is the larger version; a smaller
Plastic
Orange Abs Plastic Wall organiser 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
: 1970s In style: Space Age Materials & Techniques: Abs Plastic Condition: Good condition, wear
Plastic
Verner Panton Space Age Iconic Deutsch White Abs Chair for Vitra
By Vitra, Verner Panton
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A 2001 Verner Panton abs chair by Vitra in very good conditions
Plastic
Sold
H 27.17 in W 29.53 in D 24.41 in
Italian space age white abs and mustard yellow fabric pair of armchairs, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age white curved abs and mustard yellow fabric pair of armchairs, 1970s Pair of space
Fabric, Plastic
1970s Italian Space Age ABS Wall Lights by Harveiluce Model 5032
By Harveiluce
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Harveiluce and exemplifies the experimental spirit of Italian Space Age lighting. Designed during a period of
Metal
Sold
H 26.38 in W 30.32 in D 27.56 in
Italian Space Age Swivel White Abs Tulip-Base Armchair by Play Ivm, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age swivel white abs tulip-base armchair by Play Ivm, 1970s Tulip-based space age
Faux Leather, Plastic
Sold
H 28.75 in W 27.56 in D 28.75 in
Italian Abs and Leather Space Age Armchair by Richard Neagle for Sormani, 1960s
By Sormani, Richard Neagle
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Abs and Leather Space Age armchair by Richard Neagle for Sormani, 1960s Beautiful armchair
Metal
Sold
H 15.75 in W 29.53 in D 29.53 in
Italian Space Age Black Abs 4894 Coffee Table by Gae Aulenti for Kartell, 1970s
By Gae Aulenti, Kartell
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age black abs 4894 coffee table by Gae Aulenti for Kartell, 1970s. Coffee table mod
Plastic
Sold
H 9.45 in W 7.29 in D 3.94 in
1970s French Ladybug Wall/Table Lamps by Jean Pierre Vitrac – ABS, Space Age
By Jean-Pierre Vitrac
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
late 1970s. Each lamp is crafted from red ABS plastic with black dots and features a white opaline
Plastic
1970's ABS Space Age Nightstands by Castelli for Kartell
By Kartell
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A pair of ABS plastic formed nightstands each having four drawers and sitting on matching wheels
Plastic
Sold
H 14.97 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Red Italian Space Age Plastic Trolley Dime by Marcello Siard for Coll. Longato
By Collezioni Longato, Marcello Siard
Located in Vienna, AT
This red Italian Space Age ABS plastic trolley was designed by Marcello Siard for Collezioni
Plastic
Sold
H 14.97 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
White Italian Space Age Plastic Trolley Dime by Marcello Siard for Coll. Longato
By Collezioni Longato, Marcello Siard
Located in Vienna, AT
This white Italian Space Age ABS plastic trolley was designed by Marcello Siard for Collezioni
Plastic
Sold
H 14.97 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Brown Italian Space Age Plastic Trolley Dime by Marcello Siard for Coll, Longato
By Collezioni Longato, Marcello Siard
Located in Vienna, AT
This brown Italian Space Age ABS plastic trolley was designed by Marcello Siard for Collezioni
Plastic
Sold
H 14.97 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
White Italian Space Age Plastic Trolley Dime by Marcello Siard for Coll. Longato
By Collezioni Longato, Marcello Siard
Located in Vienna, AT
This white Italian Space Age ABS plastic trolley was designed by Marcello Siard for Collezioni
Plastic
Sold
H 28.75 in W 16.93 in D 16.15 in
1970s Italian Black ABS Plastic Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
in glossy black ABS plastic highlights Colombo’s distinctive combination of geometry and playfulness
Plastic
Italian 1970s Harveiluce 5032 Black ABS Ceiling Fixture
By Harveiluce
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
represents a refined example of Italian Space Age plastic lighting. Constructed from glossy black ABS, the
Metal
Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli Coat and Umbrella Stand
By Anonima Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Iconic space age black ABS plastic coat stand with six foldable hooks and two foldable umbrella
Plastic
Italian White Abs and Beige Leather Space Age Armchair, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian white abs and beige leather Space Age armchair, 1970s. Beautiful armchair from the Space
Metal
Orange Wall Organiser in ABS Plastic, 1970s
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
- Plastic Color - Orange Light wear consistent with age and use.
Plastic
Olaf Von Bohr ABS Plastic Bookcase for Kartell
By Olaf von Bohr
Located in Princeton Junction, NJ
. Made of high quality ABS plastic, this can be disassembled and used in various forms.
Plastic
$1,250 / set
H 51.19 in W 36.62 in D 12.6 in
Cool Dutch 1970's Space Age Vanity Dressing Table & Matching Wallmounted Mirror
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Fantastic 1970's Space Age Bedroom Vanity / Dressing Table The Vanity has an adjustable mirror and a drawer unit for storing your make up goodies A cute wall mounted mirror in yel...
Brass
Space Age Yellow Chapter One Desk by Broyhill Premier, 1970's
By Broyhill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Space Age Yellow Chapter One desk by Broyhill Premier, 1970's. In good vintage condition.
Metal
$30,334Sale Price|32% Off
H 59.06 in W 70.08 in D 52.37 in
Original Sunball Chair by Gunter Ris and Ferdinand Selldorf for Rosenthal
By Rosenthal, Ris and Selldorf
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
This is a fully restored original version of this 1960's iconic classic astronaut's helmet style space age outdoor swivel chair, As you can imagine, after 60 plus years, the original...
Velvet, Fiberglass
American Space Age Fiberglass "Egg" Swivel Chair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The stunning American space-age fiberglass “Egg” swivel chair was designed and manufactured in the United States circa the 1970s. This chair has a seductive design that draws attenti...
Metal
$34,000
H 26.5 in W 92.75 in D 32 in
Warren Platner Walnut and Leather Floating Case Sofa for Lehigh Leopold, c. 1970
By Lehigh Leopold, Warren Platner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptionally rare and highly sought-after collectors piece (with celebrity provenance) is a Warren Platner Executive Leather Case Sofa designed for Lehigh Leopold in circa 1970...
Chrome
Space Age Ashtray, Chrome, Italy, circa 1970
By Space Age Products
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very nice ashtray Space Age produced in italy in the 70s. Structure in chromed metal. Unique object that will bring a real design touch to your interior. Time marks consiste...
Metal
$5,919
H 24 in W 29 in D 24 in
Vintage Space Age-Style Smoked Opaque Acrylic Lounge Chair by Raphael Raffel
By Raphael Raffel
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful lounge chair designed by French designer Raphel Raffel circa 1970s. Chair is fabricated from smoked opaque acrylic and has a seat cushion and back cushion for increased com...
Acrylic
2 parts sofa in stainless steel by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
2 parts sofa in stainless steel with seating upholstered with a fabric by Dédar. Creation by Studio Glustin. France, 2023.
Stainless Steel
$1,501
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Space Age Cream White Plastic Vintage Cube Bar Cart Side Table 1960s Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age butter cream white ivory vintage cube bar cart or side table from plastic designed 1960s Germany. The vintage bar cart or side table shows 4 wheels for good mobility and o...
Plastic
Space Age Fiberglass Bed by Astarte, 1970s
By Astarte Milano
Located in Parma, IT
Space age fiberglass bed painted white, Astarte Milano production of the 1970s. Composed of 4 modules, with original metal bed base. The label in the pictures was later removed fo...
Fiberglass
$12,491Sale Price|5% Off
H 36.62 in W 37.41 in D 36.23 in
Vintage iconic Joe Colombo Elda armchair, Italian Space Age 1960s, Black Leather
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Iconic Armchair , Vintage Italian Armchair , Joe Colombo , Elda It’s 1963, Space Age is at its dawn, and Italian architect Joe Colombo designs a piece that will define the aestheti...
Leather, Fiberglass
$1,801
H 16.54 in Dm 43.31 in
Space Age Vintage Chromed Metal Smoked Glass Coffee Table, 1970s, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage coffee table from chromed metal and smoked glass 1970s Germany. While the chromed metal base shows a beautiful curved construction, the smoked glass top features r...
Metal
Vintage Space Age Lamp, Italy, 1970s
By Space Age Products
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage Space Age lamp is a beautiful decorative object realized in Italy during the 1970s. An elegant table lamp realized in glass and steel with a sinuous design. Dimensio...
Steel
$4,804
H 28 in W 27 in D 27 in
Attributed to Geoffrey Harcourt design Artifort in years '68 space age armchair
By Geoffrey Harcourt
Located in Biella, IT
attributed to Geoffrey Harcourt design for Artifort in years '68 space age armchair original from years '70; the structure of the armchair is in plastic material and the cushions i...
Synthetic, Resin
$30,000
H 24.25 in W 78.5 in D 9.25 in
Clairtone Project G2 Series T11 Console Stereo System & Garrard Turntable
By Clairtone
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
On offer is a rare completely original Clairtone G2 Series Home Stereo System from 1966 featuring two distinct exotic wooden boxes one that houses the tuner and the turntable both pr...
Aluminum
Rare 1970's Jorge Zalszupin L'atelier Space-Age Plastic Desk
By Jorge Zalszupin, L'Atelier San Paulo
Located in Norwalk, CT
Rarely seen and even more rarely available Space-Age molded plastic desk manufactured by L'atelier, São Paulo, Brazil. Design attributed to Jorge Zalszupin a Polish naturalized Brazi...
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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