out of this world!

cartier

solid gold replica of the 1969 apollo 11 lunar excursion module 

 donna distefano 

the love that moves the sun & the other stars ring 

22k gold, meteorite & diamond

genevieve yang cuff bracelet, 

18k gold, oxidized sterling silver & white diamond

1950's "neutron blaster" toy space gun, 1950s

collection of richard thomas

 claudio pino

sistema ring 

jason mcleod

time traveler constellation cuff 

14k yellow & 18k yellow gold, platinum & turquoise

steven kretchmer design

venus earrings 

polarium, 18K gold & diamond

van cleef & arpels

moon landing pendant, 1969 

yellow gold & ruby

sergey jivetin

star trek pyramid box (open) 

sterling silver

björn weckström

satellite collar, 1988

sterling silver & plastic,

by chuck dimotrovich

satellite earrings

pol bury

earrings & ring suite, 1975, 

gold

pankowski

ring

sterling sliver, 18k gold, ruby & mexican fire opal 

van cleef & arpels 

tampa necklace

white & yellow gold, diamond, sapphire, garnet, spinel & beryl

space has always been in our consciousness & often expressed in jewelry. the ancients wore amulets depicting the moon; in georgian & victorian jewelry we see numerous depictions of the moon, stars, & halley's comet. the mid-20th century saw an explosion of "space age jewelry" which continues through today. 

forbes galleries presents out of this world! jewelry in the space age featuring jewelry that is inspired by space, has been to space, is made out of materials that came from space & materials created by NASA for space exploration. 

r.i.p. andrée putman

andrée putman in her paris office

doorhandles, hotel particulier, paris, 2003

bathroom of the morgan's hotel, new york, 1984

le concorde

bouches du rhône, lecture hall

ministère de l'éducation, paris, 2002

andrée putman, gap ad

azzedine alaia, boutique, paris, 1985-86

anne fontaine store, staircase

french interior & product designer andrée putman has died at the age of 87. 

she began working in the 1960s for the magazine l'oeil & les cahiers de elle. in the 1980s she was instrumental in rediscovering the work of designers eileen gray, mallet-stevens, pierre chareau, mariano fortuny, rene herbst, jean-michel frank & others, launching ecart international to manufacture these forgotten modern classics.

1984 she designed the interior for ian schrager's morgans hotel in new new york & is credited with designing the first "boutique hotel".  putman has designed the interior of shops for yves saint laurent, karl lagerfeld, theirry mugler, azzedine alaia, cartier, ebel and others. she has worked on projects ranging from movie sets for peter greenaway's pillow book to revamping the concorde interiors for air france.

winter tale

screw the cartier ... i'll take the kitty! okay, well, maybe both!