Category Archives: space
Living in the future
I was going to be an astronomer. This was going to involve a lot of sex.
Filed under confession, my past, space
Devils on Mars
Something of a busman’s holiday, this. But I think this might be my favourite astronomy pic ever.
Filed under serendipity, space, the wonders of science
The production designer and the egg
The FT recites the commonplace observation that curvaceous, minimalist 1960s commercial designs look “space-age”, as if inspired by 1960s SF films, principally 2001: A Space Odyssey: which might indeed stand comparison with, say, Maurice Calka’s PDG Desk: The writer, Josh … Continue reading
Barbara Hepworth in space
Barbara Hepworth, unknown and Icon (1957); Discovery One spacecraft from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); Barbara Hepworth, Oval Sculpture (No. 2) (1943); EVA pod from 2001; Barbara Hepworth, Spring (1966); Death Star from Star Wars (1977).
