Star Trek Designing the Final Frontier How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future [#330908]

English | 2021 | ISBN: 168188562X | 169 pages | True PDF | 108.04 MB
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) was the first installment of one of the most successful and longest-running television franchises of all time. Today, Trek fans champion its writing, progressive social consciousness, and aesthetic. Designing the Final Frontier is a unique, expert look at the mid-century modern design that created and inspired that aesthetic. From Burke chairs to amorphous sculptures, from bright colors to futuristic frames, Star Trek TOS is bursting with mid-century modern furniture, art, and design elements-many of them bought directly from famous design showrooms.