Trolley "Boby," Joe Colombo, Italy 1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in Torino, IT
Trolley "Boby," Joe Colombo, Italy 1970
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
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Trolley "Boby," Joe Colombo, Italy 1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in Torino, IT
Trolley "Boby," Joe Colombo, Italy 1970
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Red Boby Trolley, Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
he red Boby trolley, conceived by renowned designer Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast, represents an icon of Italian design in the 1970s. This versatile and functional storage ...
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Boby white trolley, Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
he Boby trolley, conceived by renowned designer Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast, represents an icon of Italian design in the 1970s. This versatile and functional storage cart...
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Iconic Modular Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo, Italy, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A true design classic of the Italian 1970s, the Boby trolley by Joe Colombo remains one of the most celebrated examples of functional modernism. Designed in 1970, this modular storag...
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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 and produced by Bieffeplast Italy circa 1970.
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Cremewhite Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic "Boby 3" portable storage system was produced by Italian manufacturer Bieffeplast and makes savy use of space with its swivel design. It is mad...
Plastic
Italian modern black plastic storage trolley Boby Joe Colombo Bieffeplast, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern black plastic storage trolley Boby Joe Colombo Bieffeplast, 1970s Storage cart mod.
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1970s Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast Boby B33 Rolling Storage Cart Office Organizer
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an Original Boby B33 Trolley Office Organizer, designed by Joe Colombo in 1969.
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1970 Joe Colombo "Boby" Trolley Workstation Cart in White
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Excellent condition white, signed Joe Colombo Boby Trolley cart. Awesome storage unit in the bathroom, studio, bar cart.
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Joe Colombo Boby Trolley or Caddy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice Joe Colombo Boby trolley or caddy. In good working condition. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VISIT OUR ART GALLERY ON 1STDIBS LISTED UNDER KOREN GALLERY IN THE FINE ART SECTION.
Yellow Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast 70s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Padova, IT
Iconic Boby cart in very rare yellow color designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast 1970s .
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Two-Bay Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in 1969, the Boby Cart by Joe Colombo was originally conceived as an organizational tool for architects and draftsman.
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Three-Bay Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in 1969, the Boby Cart by Joe Colombo was originally conceived as an organizational tool for architects and draftsman.
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Joe Colombo Boby Rolling Utility Trolley Cart for Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in New Windsor, NY
Joe Colombo Boby rolling utility trolley cart for Bieffeplast, Italy.
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Joe Colombo Black Boby Trolley Cart on Wheels for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Miami, FL
Black Boby Trolley storage system on four wheels with three swinging drawers designed by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy 1960s.
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Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
Office service trolley with storage compartments and removable drawers. Plastic material, (ABS).
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Joe Colombo Boby trolley for Bieffeplast 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Parma, IT
Boby storage trolley designed by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s. In black plastic material, on wheels with six open compartments, three drawers that can be opened like a compass...
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Joe Colombo Bieffeplast Trolley 'Boby' Italy, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Den Haag, NL
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. It is still in production (B-line) and has always been very popular. A very handy trolley made of ...
Plastic
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H 29.14 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
Italian Modern White Plastic Cart Boby by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1968
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern white plastic Cart mod. Boby by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast , 1968 Cart mod.
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H 29.14 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
Italian Modern Green Plastic Cart Boby by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1968
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Green plastic Cart mod. Boby by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1968 Cart mod.
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Vintage Large Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in Oirlo, LI
Vintage Large Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970 This unique extra high white 'Boby' trolley from Joe Colombo will be a real eye-catcher in your interior.
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Brown Joe Colombo 'Boby' Storage Trolley Space Age, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Oirlo, LI
Brown Joe Colombo 'Boby' storage trolley Space Age, 1970s This unique brown 'Boby' trolley from Joe Colombo will be a real eye-catcher in your interior.
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Space Age Yellow Joe Colombo 'Boby' Storage Trolley, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Oirlo, LI
Space Age yellow Joe Colombo 'Boby' storage trolley, 1970s This unique bright yellow 'Boby' trolley from Joe Colombo will be a real eye-catcher in your interior.
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Space Age Brown Joe Colombo 'Boby' Storage Trolley, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Oirlo, LI
This brown 'Boby' trolley from Joe Colombo will be a real eye-catcher and unique addition to your interior. The trolley was produced by Bieffeplast around the 1970s. Joe Colombo i...
Plastic
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H 20.48 in W 16.15 in D 16.54 in
Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic "Boby 3" portable storage system was produced by Italian manufacturer Bieffeplast and makes savy use of space with its swivel design. It is mad...
Plastic
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H 28.75 in W 16.93 in D 16.15 in
1970s Italian Black ABS Plastic Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
The Joe Colombo Boby Trolley is one of the most recognizable icons of Italian design from the 1970s. Designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast, it reflects the revolutionar...
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H 28.88 in W 16.5 in D 17 in
Joe Colombo Red Boby 3 Portable Storage System for Bieffeplast, circa 1969
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Joe Colombo Red Boby 3 Portable Storage System for Bieffeplast, circa 1969.
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H 20.87 in W 16.15 in D 16.93 in
Desserte Joe Colombo "Boby Trolley" Blanc pour Bieffeplast Italie 1968 Space Age
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in London, England
Fabriqué par Bieffplast Italy, ce rangement Boby imaginés par Joé Colombo est une solution pratique pour touts les pièces de la maison. Sur roulettes, et grâce à sa polyvalence il a...
Plastic
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H 28.75 in W 16.15 in D 16.54 in
Creme White Plastic Boby 3 Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic "Boby 3" portable storage system was produced by Italian manufacturer Bieffeplast and makes savvy use of space with its swivel design. It is ma...
Plastic
Bieffeplast Boby Joe Service Trolley ABS, Italy, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
Office service trolley with storage compartments and removable drawers. Plastic material, abs.
Plastic
20th Century Brown Boby Cart by Joe Colombo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in LEGNY, FR
Joe Colombo’s iconic Boby trolley storage unit is at much at home in an artist’s studio as in a home office.
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Vintage 1970s Beige Stacking Drawers by Simon Fussell for Kartell
By Simon Fussel, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The dowels are at each corner so they don’t move as they’re stacked, opened, or rolled around, which makes this system as useful as Joe Colombo’s Boby cart. In good vintage condi...
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Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Boby Trolley Cart in Red
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous red trolley work station Boby Cart by Bieffleplast for Joe Columbo. Versatile cart which is in the permanent collection of both the MOMA and the Triennale in Milan. Has a fe...
Plastic
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 drawers and two shelves. The opposite side of the cart has three open drawers for storag...
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Joe Colombo Iconic Boby Trolley Cart 1970
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in San Diego, CA
Iconic Joe Colombo Boby Trolley cart designed by in black color designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast Italy 1970s .
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Green Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast 70s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Padova, IT
Iconic Boby cart in very rare green color designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast 1970s .
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Joe Columbo “Boby” Cart Work Station
By Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
White "Boby" cart work station. This one has minimal yellowing. Often the white ones are very yellow! Probably the most desirable of the colors! Use in innumerable manner or possibil...
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Space Age White Joe Colombo 'Boby' Storage Trolley, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Oirlo, LI
This white 'Boby' trolley from Joe Colombo will be a real eye-catcher and unique addition to your interior. The trolley was produced by Bieffeplast around the 1970s. Joe Colombo i...
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H 45.67 in W 15.75 in D 17.33 in
Container Trolley "Boby" Design Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in taranto, IT
Extremely rare two-tone red / black example of "boby" original bieffeplast designed by joe colombo and specially made in the 70s for the direction of the Milan cariplo Measures: Non...
Plastic
Boby Art Trolley Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line, Plastic, Italy, 1970
By Joe Colombo, B-Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
'Boby' Art / Trolley Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line, Designed in 1970, Italy "great color / six drawers" "Part of the permanent collection of MoMA in New York and the “Triennale”...
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H 29.14 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
White Plastic Boby 3 Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. It is still in production (B-line) and has always been very popular. A very handy trolley made of ...
Plastic
Storage Cart "Boby" by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
A plastic chest of drawers, storage cart "Boby" by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Padova, Italy, 1970s.
Black Boby Cart by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joe Colombo’s iconic Boby trolley storage unit is at much at home in an artist’s studio as in a home office.
Plastic
Black Boby Storage Cart by Joe Colombo with Artist Easels
By Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great black plastic storage cart / trolley by Joe Colombo. Original unused wood easels. Great for an unusual side table or nightstand use.
Plastic, Wood
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H 29 in W 16 in D 16 in
Joe Colombo's Boby Trolley Architect four wheels Cart for Bieffeplast, 1968
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Antwerp, BE
The trolley storage system was designed by the Italian industrial designer, Joe Colombo in 1969 for Architects.This is an authentic piece from the 1970s, designed by Colombo and exec...
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Mid-Century Modern Boby Cart Work Station by Joe Columbo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Clever configuration of shelves and bins, pull-out trays and adjustable slots. Numerous uses in the home, office, bar cart, entertainment, etc.
Plastic
Joe Colombo Boby Cart
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in New London, CT
The Boby cart was designed by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast in the 1970s.
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Joe Colombo Boby Cart
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Boby trolley was designed by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast in the 1970s. Colombo’s design received the SMAU award in 1971 and is part of the permanent collection of both the MoM...
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Joe Colombo Black Plastic "Boby" Storage Cart
By Joe Colombo
Located in Oberstown, Lusk, IE
A black plastic "Boby" storage cart by Joe Colombo. Signed on the side with other markings on the base.
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Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Savona, IT
Cart designed in the 1970s by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast. Green Abs structure with sliding shelves and wheels. Good condition. Dimensions: Width 41 cm, depth 43 cm,...
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White Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Savona, IT
Cart produced in the 1960s by the Bieffeplast of Padua on a project by Joe Colombo. Structure in white ABS. Storage compartments arranged on the various sides. Good general condit...
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Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo, 1980s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in GOOR, NL
Whether you need a stylish storage solution for your office supplies, kitchen essentials, or even as a mobile bar cart, this trolley is up to the task. Crafted from high-quality m...
Plastic
Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Bieffeplast Model - Boby Trolley Design Period - Sixties Measurements - width 41 cm ...
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Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Bieffeplast Model - Boby Trolley Design Period - Sixties Measurements - Width 41 cm x Depth 39 cm x Height 74 cm Materials - Plastic Color - ...
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Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Bieffeplast Model - Boby Trolley Design Period - Sixties Measurements - Width 41 cm x Depth 39 cm x Height 74 cm Materials - Plastic Color - Yellow...
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Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Bieffeplast Model - Boby Trolley Design Period - Sixties Measurements - Width 41 cm x Depth 39 cm x Height 74 cm Materials - Plastic Color - ...
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Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Bieffeplast Model - Boby Trolley Design Period - Sixties Measurements - Width 41 cm x Depth 44 cm x Height 52 cm Materials - Plastic Color - Yellow...
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Blue Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Bieffeplast Model - Boby Trolley Design Period - Sixties Measurements - Width 41 cm x Depth 44 cm x Height 52 cm Materials - Plastic Color - Yellow...
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Boby Rolling Cart by Joe Colombo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Joe Colombo signature is raised and visible on the bottom shelf, and production data is raised on the underside surface.
Original Boby 3 Portable Storage System by Joe Colombo, 1968
By Joe Colombo, Kartell, Bieffeplast
Located in Alhambra, CA
Original 1969 Boby 3 Portable Storage System by Joe Colombo. Embossed with signature and logo.
Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
Located in Savona, IT
Cart designed in the 1970s by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast. White Abs structure with sliding shelves and wheels. Good condition, some stains. Dimensions: Width 38.5 c...
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Original Joe Colombo Boby Trolley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed original Joe Colombo Boby Trolley made in Italy.
Black Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joe Colombo’s iconic Boby trolley storage unit is at much at home in an artist’s studio as in a home office.
Plastic
Gray Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joe Colombo’s iconic Boby trolley storage unit is at much at home in an artist’s studio as in a home office.
Plastic
White Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joe Colombo’s iconic Boby trolley storage unit is at much at home in an artist’s studio as in a home office.
Plastic
$14,000Sale Price|60% Off
H 79.5 in W 84 in D 108.5 in
Vintage 1949 Mid-Century Modern Custom L-Shaped Office Desk by George Nelson
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Lafayette, IN
This remarkable piece is a one-off desk/wardrobe/bar/bookcase/storage cabinet custom-designed by George Nelson in 1949 to match his Basic Cabinet Series (BCS) for Herman Miller. The ...
Aluminum
$3,247
H 19.1 in Dm 24.41 in
Space Age Vintage Orange Rotobar Bar Cart Sofa Table Curver 1971 Netherlands
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage bar cart or sofa table Rotobar by Curver from plastic in orange color circa 1971, Netherlands. A bold and joyful new arrival, the wheel supported bar cart with 4 ( ...
Metal
$1,400
H 29.53 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
Joe Colombo Boby Trolley by Bieffeplast, Red Plastic, Italy, 1968
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian modern red plastic storage trolley Boby, on wheels, by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast in 1968. Iconic and very useful in all environments, Boby model storage trolley with stru...
Plastic
$985
H 31.89 in W 14.18 in D 14.18 in
Bobby Cart by Joe Colombo, ABS Plastic, Italian Design, 1970s Vintage
By Joe Colombo
Located in Roma, IT
Bobby cart is an original decorative object realized by Gio Colombo during the 1970s. Designed by Joe Colombo for B-line, this cart has structure and drawers in injection-moulded AB...
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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 chairs, table lamps and other lighting and furniture as well as 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 (his Additional Living System seating is similarly versatile).
Vintage 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. If your tastes run to sleek, glossy Space Age looks, the work of Joe Colombo offers you a myriad of choices.
Find vintage Joe Colombo lamps, seating and other furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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.
Forever a sleek and elegant furnishing that evokes luxury and sophistication, a vintage bar cart will prove both functional and fabulous in your living room.
Bar carts as we know them were originally conceived as tea trolleys — a modest-sized table on wheels, sometimes featuring both an upper and lower shelf — to help facilitate tea service during the Victorian era in England. Modern bar carts weren’t really a common fixture in American interiors until after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s, when they were rolled onto the sets of Hollywood films. There, they suggested wealth and status in the dining rooms of affluent characters.
As tough as the 1930s had been on the average working American, the postwar era yielded economic stability and growth in homeownership. Increasingly, bar carts designed by the likes of Edward Wormley and other furniture makers became an integral part of sunken living rooms across the United States in the 1950s.
Bar carts were a must-have addition to the sensuous and sleek low-profile furnishings that we now call mid-century modern, each outfitted with the finest spirits and savory snacks that people had to offer. And partially owing to critical darlings like Mad Men, vintage cocktail carts have since seen a resurgence and have even become a selling point in restaurants.
Bar carts not only boast tremendous utilitarian value but also introduce a fun, nostalgic dynamic to the layout of your space, be it in the bar area or elsewhere. In addition to showcasing your favorite bottles of rye and local small-batch gin — or juices and mocktail ingredients — there is an undeniable allure to stacking statement glassware, vintage martini cocktail shakers and Art Deco decanter sets atop your fully stocked mid-century modern bar cart. And one size or style doesn’t fit all — an evolution of cocktail cart design throughout history has yielded all manner of metal bar carts, rattan carts and more.
We invite you to add a few more dashes of class to cocktail hour — peruse the vast collection of antique and vintage carts and bar carts on 1stDibs today.