Other hallmarks of this era include space-age design, as well as using shapes to resemble organic lifeforms such as the amoeba. While the atom and atomic energy were the primary inspiration for many atomic designers, technology also played a role in design. Many have speculated the popularity of atomic design during this time was largely a way to downplay the destructive forces atomic energy carried with it while thinking optimistically about the wonders atomic energy could provide for the world. Matters would be made worse in 1957, when the launch of sputnik by the Russians began the race to space.ĭesigners were also preoccupied with the thought of the atom and nuclear war. It seemed to the American public, and the world, that the Cold War would turn into a nuclear war at any moment. Tensions came to an all time high, when Russia tested their first nuclear bomb on August 29th of 1949. Because the style is defined by an era, rather than a specific art movement, it includes a number of. The term describes trends in design architecture, furniture, and graphic design from the middle of the 20th century, about 1933 to 1965. To give you an idea of the popular mindset of the time, World War II was coming to an end, but tensions still existed between the world and Russia. The term Mid-Century Modern was coined by author Cara Greenburg in a 1984 book of the same name.

Atomic Age design began in the early around 1940s, around the time that World War II came to an end and lasted through the early 1960s.

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