Concept design for a NASA Stateroom in a space station

A sheet with a drawing of a spaceman sitting at a desk with pull-out seat, to which he is strapped across the thigh, and dialing a phone call in a living and work area contained in a section of a round tunnel-like structure. Amongst the wall panels on the back wall is a picture of a mother and child. Outside the room in a corridor is a circular hole in the floor which is a hatch to the lower deck and beyond there is a pair of orange doors set into the wall. Above the room are suggestions of pipes

Bought from exhibition at private commercial gallery

Historical significance: This is one of about 10,000 drawings that were produced by Loewy and his studio of six designers when he was working on the NASA SKYLAB project. He produced mainly black and white preliminary sketches and his assistants carried out the finished coloured drawings, and so it is unclear as to whether he made this drawing himself or it is by a member of the studio and signed by him as his idea. The USA's NASA (National Aeronautical and Space Administration) Skylab project during the late 1960s was the most progressive and high profile space-design programme and the styles that developed from its technological and idealistic advances were adopted widely throughout the world and were particulalry prelevant during the late 1960s and 1970s. Loewy was already a highly established designer by this point and was commissioned to work for NASA from 1967 as an habitability consultant for the Apollo Saturn Applications programme, SKYLAB, earth orbiter recuperable shuttle and in advance research and development for large space bases: experimental concepts.

While these are signed by Loewy he says in correspondence that most of the coloured drawings were by his studio

Reason For Production: Commission

This is one of about 10,000 drawings that were produced by Loewy and his studio of six designers when he was working on the NASA SKYLAB project. The USA's NASA (National Aeronautical and Space Administration) Skylab project during the late 1960s was the most progressive and high profile space-design programme and the styles that developed from its technological and idealistic advances were adopted widely throughout the world and were particulalry prevalent during the late 1960s and 1970s. Loewy was already a highly established designer by this point and was commissioned to work for NASA from 1967 as an habitability consultant for the Apollo Saturn Applications programme, SKYLAB, earth orbiter recuperable shuttle and in advance research and development for large space bases: experimental concepts. The rectangular forms with curved corners and the use of browns and oranges became very popular.

E.3203-1980