Sputnik table lamp; France, 1970.

Sputnik table lamp; France, 1970.
Chromed metal and glass.
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Measurements: 56 x 77 x 77 cm.
Table lamp Sputnik" of the sixties, whose forms are inspired by the famous Soviet satellite, within the context of the Space Age. Its structure is entirely made of chromed metal with a central tube as the main axis and a body formed by multiple narrower tubes, topped by spheres.
Space Age is the name given to the period in which the space race began in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik. This fever to conquer space also reached design, and during the sixties and seventies a decoration model was developed based on an idyllic vision of the future, and everything to do with spaceships, new technologies and innovative materials.