Atomic Age (design)

Atomic Age in design refers to the period roughly corresponding from the 1940s to the 1960s, when thought and concerns about atomic energy and nuclear war dominated Western society during the Cold War. Architecture, industrial design, commercial design (including advertising), interior design, and fine arts were all influenced by the themes of atomic science, as well as the Space Age, which coincided with that period. Atomic Age design became popular and instantly recognizable, with a use of atomic motifs and space age symbols.