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Yellow Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast 70s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Padova, IT
Iconic Boby cart in very rare yellow color designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Red Boby trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Athens, Attiki
Red Boby Trolley 3.
This portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo and produced by
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Black Boby Trolley Cart on Wheels for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Miami, FL
Black Boby Trolley storage system on four wheels with three swinging drawers designed by Joe
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Post modern plastic storage Boby trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast. designed in 1968
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Mid Century Modern Joe Colombo Iconic Boby Trolley Cart 1970 Bieffeplast Italy
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid Century Iconic Joe Colombo Boby Trolley cart designed by in black color designed by Joe Colombo
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
H 29 in W 17 in D 18 in
1970s Black Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo
Located in San Gabriel, CA
1970s black plastic Boby Trolly cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast with 6 storage drawers. Made in
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
Iconic Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo - Space Age Award Winning Cabinet, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
tep into the world of timeless design with the legendary Boby Trolley, a masterpiece crafted by the
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 20.87 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo Black Boby Trolley Cart
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Trolley cart by Joe Colombo c.1970s, Italy. This unique plastic cart has three shallow swivel
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Vintage "Boby" Trolley by Joe Colombo
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Boby 3 Portable Storage System in 1969. The compact unit is an all-in-one organization system on wheels
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Brown 'Boby' trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy 1970's
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. A very handy
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Boby trolley for Bieffeplast 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Parma, IT
Boby storage trolley designed by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s.
In black plastic material, on
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast Boby Trolley
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian modern red plastic storage trolley Boby, on wheels, by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast in
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 with 2 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 with 2 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 with 2 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 with 2 Drawers in White for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Organizer Cabinet 'Boby Trolley', circa 1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Organizer cabinet designed by Joe Colombo, circa 1960.
Manufactured by Bieffeplast Padova, from Italy.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, pre...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 6 Drawers in Verdigris for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 6 Drawers in White for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 6 Drawers in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 6 Drawers in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 6 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 6 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 5 Drawers in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 5 Drawers in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 5 Drawers in Verdigris for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 5 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 5 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 5 Drawers in White for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 4 Drawers in Verdigris for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 4 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 4 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 4 Drawers in White for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 4 Drawers in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size L with 4 Drawers in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 6 Drawers in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 6 Drawers in White for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 6 Drawers in Verdigris for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 6 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 6 Drawers in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 6 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 5 Drawers in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 5 Drawers in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 5 Drawers in White for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 5 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 5 Drawers in Verdigris for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 5 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 4 Drawers in White for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 4 Drawers in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 4 Drawers in Verdigris for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 4 Drawers in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 4 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 4 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 3 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 3 Drawers in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 3 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 3 Drawers in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 3 Drawers in White for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 3 Drawers in Verdigris for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley 1970 Size M with 2 Drawers in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
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Boby Trolley For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the boby trolley you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A boby trolley — often made from plastic, metal and wood — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a boby trolley — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A boby trolley, designed in the Mid-Century Modern or Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Boby Trolley?
Prices for a boby trolley start at $395 and top out at $1,460 with the average selling for $703.
Joe Colombo for sale on 1stDibs
He died tragically young, and his career as a designer lasted little more than 10 years. But through the 1960s, Joe Colombo proved himself one of the field’s most provocative and original thinkers, and he produced a remarkably large array of innovative furniture, lighting and product designs. Even today, the creations of Joe Colombo have the power to surprise.
Cesare “Joe” Colombo was born in Milan, the son of an electrical-components manufacturer. He was a creative child — he loved to build huge structures from Meccano pieces — and in college he studied painting and sculpture before switching to architecture. In the early 1950s, Colombo made and exhibited paintings and sculptures as part of an art movement that responded to the new Nuclear Age, and futuristic thinking would inform his entire career. He took up design not long after his father fell ill in 1958, and he and his brother, Gianni, were called upon to run the family company. Colombo expanded the business to include the making of plastics — a primary material in almost all his later designs. One of his first, made in collaboration with his brother, was the Acrilica table lamp (1962), composed of a wave-shaped piece of clear acrylic resin that diffused light cast by a bulb concealed in the lamp’s metal base. A year later, Colombo produced his best-known furniture design, the Elda armchair (1963): a modernist wingback chair with a womb-like plastic frame upholstered in thick leather pads.
Portability and adaptability were keynotes of many Colombo designs, made for a more mobile society in which people would take their living environments with them. One of his most striking pieces is the Tube chair (1969). It comprises four foam-padded plastic cylinders that fit inside one another. The components, which are held together by metal clips, can be configured in a variety of seating shapes. Tube chairs generally sell for about $9,000 in good condition; Elda chairs for about $7,000. A small Colombo design such as the plastic Boby trolley — an office organizer on wheels, designed in 1970 — is priced in the range of $700. As Colombo intended, his designs are best suited to a modern decor. As you see on 1stDibs, if your tastes run to sleek, glossy Space Age looks, the work of Joe Colombo offers you a myriad of choices.
Materials: Plastic Furniture
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.
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