Space Fantasies 1:1: R.F. Collection

ISBN 10: 3945852420 / ISBN 13: 9783945852422

Published by Vitra Design Museum, 2020

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JUMBO. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Oversized.

Seller Inventory # M3945852420Z3

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Space Fantasies 1:1: R.F. Collection
• Publisher: Vitra Design Museum
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3945852420
• ISBN 13: 9783945852422
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This limited-edition collection of space exploration toys―from shuttles to space dogs―taps into the nostalgia and imagination of 20th-century science fiction

Presented in this oversize publication are 146 aerospace-related toys from the collection of Rolf Fehlbaum, Vitra’s chairman emeritus and the founder of Vitra Design Museum. Toys related to space exploration―rockets, robots and astronaut figurines―exploded in popularity in the 1930s with the success of space opera comic strips such as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, which portrayed postwar fantasies of untold technological possibilities. From there, sci-fi only gained a wider audience as the Soviet/American space race began and people of all ages turned their gazes skywards to wonder about what marvels may exist beyond Earth’s orbit.

The toys in this volume are shown at their original size with the available packaging, organized into ten categories and arranged in chronological order by their manufacture dates. Some of the toys depict amusing conjectures for the future of aeronautical exploration such as space dogs, space elephants and even a space whale, while others are more realistic replicas of rockets in miniature. Infused with an undeniable nostalgia, this collection maintains the childlike wonder of the toys’ initial audiences and invites present-day readers to both reflect on the era’s technological advancements and look to the future for what discoveries may still be on the horizon.