Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier: How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future

Celebrate Star Trek: The Original Series and the shows distinctive Midcentury modern design that would change design and televisionforever. Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) was the first installment of one of the most successful and longest-running television franchises of all time. Today, Trek fans champion its writing, progressive social consciousness, and aesthetic. Designing the Final Frontier is a unique, expert look at the mid-century modern design that created and inspired that aesthetic. From Burke chairs to amorphous sculptures, from bright colors to futuristic frames, Star Trek TOS is bursting with mid-century modern furniture, art, and design elementsmany of them bought directly from famous design showrooms. Together, midcentury modern design experts Dan Chavkin and Brian McGuire have created an insiders guide to the interior of original starship Enterprise and beyond, that is sure to attract Star Treks thriving global fan base.