![]() Designs from Europe, the Americas and all over Asia trickled into the magazine pages and then onto the department store shelves. It was no mistake that at this time the technological switch was being made from massive, heavy tube and circuit boards to Solid State. The 50’s introduced a number of brighter plastic models but the standard corals and avocados were about as daring as the American consumer would or could buy. Occasionally you’d have rouge aluminum-encased Victrolas designed by some early out-of-the-box thinker and great Bakelite radios from the art deco period, but all-in-all your options came in wood grain and black. Until this point in design history, electronic devices – be that of the radio, telephone, record player, television and later the 8 track and reel-to-reel players etc. A common similarity is the absence of or high saturation of color. Here we take a look at how the Space Age influenced electronics. It could be said that few designs since have reflected a more futuristic optimism than these electronic gizmos of the past. Astronaut helmets, flying saucers, planetary-referencing orbs, spaceships and satellites all became part of the pop culture landscape of the time. Perhaps those descriptions are misnomers as they never quite define Space Age. Many describe the bright colors, bold and transformative designs of this era commonly as mod, retro, or vintage. Tie in the psychedelic qualities of the 60s and you easily have a revolutionary departure from the calm pastels and utilitarian designs that accompanied the “white flight” of the growing suburban 50s. ![]() ![]() From fashion, product, graphic and interior design to music and technological advances – the world from the mid 50s to the late 70s was fixated on Space Age. The fear of the Cold War (1946-1991) and the imaginations of the Western world at the time surrounding the race into space dramatically influenced popular culture. More information on Space Age ElectronicsĪlthough the first man-made rocket to breach the boundaries of space was the German made V-2 rocket in 1942 Space Age is considered to have begun with the Soviet Union’s Sputnik satellite in 1957. AC or DC Powered with a special cord to connect one speaker to the other to have surround sound. It’s rather large at over a 14″ x 13″ x 6. Space Age Electronics: Panasonic Penapet AM Radio Space Age Electronics: Prominent Detachable Portable 8 Track Playerĭetaches and connects together with a handle to be carried from place to place.
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