A luminous miniature with cosmic presence. This small opaline glass table lamp echoes the language of Giuliana Gramigna’s Electra for Artemide — condensed into a sculptural form that resembles an orbiting spacecraft. Its white glass surface diffuses light into a soft halo, transforming the object into both lamp and artefact.

Compact yet impactful, it carries the essence of 1970s Italian Space Age design, distilling the era’s fascination with futurity and domestic utopias into a singular, collectible scale.

OBJECT SPECIFICATIONS

PRODUCT: Mini Space Age opaline glass lamp
ORIGIN: Italy
PERIOD: 1970s
STYLE: Space Age / style of Electra, Giuliana Gramigna Artemide
MATERIAL & TECHNIQUE: Mouth-blown opaline glass
COLOUR: White
TEXTURE: Smooth, luminous surface
DIMENSIONS: (+-) Height: 16 cm; Diameter: 16 cm
ELECTRICAL CONNECTION: original | verified | bulb E27, not included
CONDITION: Excellent condition

Space Age — homes like laboratories of tomorrow

More than a style, Space Age was a sensibility — an era when design stretched toward the cosmos, translating the promises of science and technology into domestic forms. Between the late 1950s and 1970s, objects acquired aerodynamic curves, glossy, smooth surfaces, echoing satellites and rockets. It was a language of optimism and speculation, where furniture, lighting, and everyday items became prototypes of imagined futures. Today, Space Age design resonates as both a memory of utopian exploration and a material archive of humanity’s longing to inhabit other worlds.