'Boby' Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The “Boby” trolley storage system was designed by the Italian industrial designer, Joe Colombo in
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Boby Trolley Storage Units by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1980
By Joe Colombo
Located in Paris, FR
Boby portable storage unit in red plastic designed by Joe Colombo and manufactured during the 1970s
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Bieffeplast Boby Storage Trolley by Joe Colombo, Black
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Toronto, CA
Designed by Joe Colombo in 1970, the Boby trolley was never just about storage—it was about
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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
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Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Biefflast, Italy, 1970s.
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Purchasing the Boby trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, from the 1970s is an opportunity
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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
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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
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'Boby' Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Naples, IT
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. It is still in
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'Boby' Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Naples, IT
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. It is still in
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'Boby' Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. It is still in
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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
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Vintage Italian 'Boby' Trolley Storage Unit by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Hitchin, England
A vintage Italian 'Boby' trolley storage unit by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast The Boby portable
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Vintage Italian 'Boby' Trolley Storage Unit by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Hitchin, England
A Vintage Italian 'Boby' Trolley Storage Unit by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast The Boby portable
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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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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. Boby in
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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. Boby in
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Vintage 1970s Beige Stacking Drawers by Simon Fussell for Kartell
By Simon Fussel, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, or rolled around, which makes this system as useful as Joe Colombo’s Boby cart. In good vintage
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Vintage Boby 3 Trolley in Honey Yellow by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Boby 3 trolley in honey yellow by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, circa 1969. The iconic Boby
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Mid-Century Modern 'Boby' Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s Italy
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Zagreb, HR
by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast Italy in 1970s. Overall in good vintage condition with expected signs
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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
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Bieffeplast Boby Joe Service Trolley ABS, Italy, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
Office service trolley with compartments and pull-out drawers; Plastic material, ABS.
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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.
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Iconic storage container “Bobby” by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Italy / 1970 / trolley Boby / Joe Colombo / Bieffeplast / plastic / Mid-century / vintage A sleek
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Bieffeplast Boby Storage Trolley, 6-drawer Tall, White
By Joe Colombo
Located in Toronto, CA
The Boby trolley by Joe Colombo—an icon of radical Italian design—was created to bring function to
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Joe Columbo Iconic red Trolley 'Boby'Spage age, 1970
Located in Oirlo, LI
Discover Joe Colombo's Iconic Red 'Boby' Trolley This beautiful red 'Boby' trolley, designed by
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Joe Colombo Boby Mobile Office Organizer B33
By Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Joe Colombo Boby storage organizing trolley with three levels and three drawers (model B33). From
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Original Joe Colombo ''Boby 3'' Portable Storage System
By Joe Colombo
Located in Markington, GB
Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic Boby 3 portable storage system by Italian manufacturer
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Space Age White Joe Colombo 'Boby' Storage Trolley, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Oirlo, LI
This white 'Boby' trolley from Joe Colombo will be a real eye-catcher and unique addition to your
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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
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Joe Colombo ''Boby 3'' Portable Storage System Bieffeplast Padova, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Roma, IT
Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic Boby 3 portable storage system by Italian manufacturer
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Joe Colombo ''Boby 3'' Italian Portable Storage System for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Roma, IT
Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic "Boby 3" portable storage system was produced by Italian
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Joe Colombo Plastic Portable Storage Trolley
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of vintage Joe Colombo Plastic storage carts. These unique rolling carts have ample storage
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Joe Colombo Iconic Boby Trolley Cart 1970
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in San Diego, CA
Iconic Joe Colombo Boby Trolley cart designed by in black color designed by Joe Colombo and
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Sold|$1,411
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
Sold|$525
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
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'Boby' Trolley by Joe Colombo, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Naples, IT
design. Designed by Joe Colombo and launched in 1970, it won the first prize at the SMAU in 1971 and is
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Joe Colombo Black Boby Trolley Cart
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Trolley cart by Joe Colombo c.1970s, Italy. This unique plastic cart has three shallow swivel
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Boby Storage Trolley in Black by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Dronten, NL
Three sections trolley (3/3) with three swing-out organizer trays. Designed by Joe Colombo in
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Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast "Boby' Trolley, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Naples, IT
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. It is still in
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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
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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 Colombo for Bieffeplast Red 'Boby' Trolley, Italy, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Naples, IT
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. It is still in
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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
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Boby Storage Cabinet Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast, the beautiful Boby has many storage options that allow incredible
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Sold|$395
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
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Italian Modern Red Plastic Storage Trolley Boby Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast 1968
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern red plastic storage trolley Boby, on wheels, by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast in 1968
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White Plastic Boby 3 Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Vienna, AT
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. It is still in
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Joe Columbo Boby Work Station and Storage Unit
By Joe Colombo
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Work and storage unit by Joe Columbo. Clever configuration of swing out drawers and tiered shelving
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Boby Art Trolley Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line, Plastic, Italy, 1970
By B-Line, Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
'Boby' Art / Trolley Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line, Designed in 1970, Italy "great color / six
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Mid-Century Modern Italian Joe Coplombo "Boby 3" Portable Storage System
By Joe Colombo
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian Joe Coplombo "Boby 3" Portable Storage System, 1969 This caddy is
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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.
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Original Joe Columbo ''Boby 3'' Portable Storage System 'High'
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Markington, GB
Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic Boby 3 Portable Storage System by Italian manufacturer
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Sold|$1,175
Original Joe Colombo Boby Trolley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed original Joe Colombo Boby Trolley made in Italy.
Sold|$550
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
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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. It features the original
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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
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Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo, 1980s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in GOOR, NL
Introducing the Joe Colombo Trolley Boby by Bieffeplast: The Perfect Red Accent for Modern Spaces
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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.