The war was cold, the year was 1957 and the Soviet Union launched the first earth orbiting satellite called the Sputnik. The shape of the satellite was an indication that the zeitgeist of mid century modern styling was permeating the functional design of emerging technologies of the time. Through its clear glass top the splayed legs of the Sputnik table communicate the functional design of the modernism era.
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