Space-Age Influences

Director Woody Allen used this futuristic sculpted house near Denver in his 1973 movie Sleeper. Architect Charles Deaton designed this far-out dining set, which features red-orange rabbit chairs. A cone-shaped fireplace becomes a freestanding work of art.

Remember watching Star Trek on TV? Seeing Star Wars at the local theater? It seemed everyone wanted to conquer space, or at least visit. "The technology we were seeing was amazing," says designer Kelly Graham. "It created such fantasy for people, they wanted to have that futurism in their life as much as they could." Flying-saucer record players, the JVC Video Sphere TV (meant to resemble an astronaut’s helmet) and the Video Capsule TV were just some of the popular home accessories on the market.

Architects were looking to the future too. Charles Deaton designed a space-age home for himself near Denver (top right), but never finished it. His daughter, Charlee, and her husband completed his vision for a new homeowner, John Huggins, a collector of mid-century modern furniture.

There are almost no straight walls in the house; everything is curving, elliptical or spherical, like the planets in outer space. The architecturally unique home has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, which is rare for such a new house.

Guests
Kelly Graham
Interior Designer, John Barman Designs
500 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-838-3453
Harry Poster
TV Collector/Dealer
Website: www.harryposter.com