Atom Orbit Wall Art, Mid Century Atomic Symbol Decor

A classic atom symbol as wall art: a nucleus built from a cluster of small spheres sits at the centre of three crossing elliptical orbit rings, each carrying a round electron. The rings are slender and open, so the wall shows through. Starbursts, atoms, boomerangs and kidney shapes were the signature motifs of Atomic Age design from the late 1940s into the early 1960s, when optimism about science and space travel shaped everything from clocks to tabletops. The orbiting-electron atom became the…

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