The Space Age influence leaked into the very lifestyle in which the people during the 1950s and 1960s were experiencing. Similar to how the Space Age affected the art style of the Jetsons, the same optimism and dreams during this time helped create Googie style architecture within the real world. “Googie made the future accessible to everyone” This Space Age form of building was used in the daily lives of people, stylizing cafes, restaurants, and even gas stations. Some grander examples of Googie design would be the Space Needle in Seattle, Tomorrowland’s building design with Disneyland, and older designs of the McDonalds buildings. To the public, this style represented the future brought into their modern everyday lives. All of this was to basically bring the future closer to home. Why bother living a simple life when the sleek, shiny, look of
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Antennas were prominent in design as no other form of communication was known at the time, comparing them to today’s communication devices. Fashion designers wanted to incorporate Space Age design within their latest line of clothing during this time. These designs had gone off and inserted the futuristic design and innovation present during the space race into their clothing, using synthetic materials and the sleek design of the time to present within their fashion models. In 1964, well known designer Pierre Cardin launches his avant garde “Space Age” line of clothing. Also during this time André Courrèges releases his “Moon Girl” collection, introducing to the world the go-go boots. Going back to how the Space Age was brought closer to home through appliances and general architectural design, by incorporating the space age into fashion, this allows people to literally wear “the future”. If one’s home looked like the future, why not look the part by looking like you came from the future as
Antennas were prominent in design as no other form of communication was known at the time, comparing them to today’s communication devices. Fashion designers wanted to incorporate Space Age design within their latest line of clothing during this time. These designs had gone off and inserted the futuristic design and innovation present during the space race into their clothing, using synthetic materials and the sleek design of the time to present within their fashion models. In 1964, well known designer Pierre Cardin launches his avant garde “Space Age” line of clothing. Also during this time André Courrèges releases his “Moon Girl” collection, introducing to the world the go-go boots. Going back to how the Space Age was brought closer to home through appliances and general architectural design, by incorporating the space age into fashion, this allows people to literally wear “the future”. If one’s home looked like the future, why not look the part by looking like you came from the future as