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Joe Colombo's Boby Trolley Architect four wheels Cart for Bieffeplast, 1968
Joe Colombo's Boby Trolley Architect four wheels Cart for Bieffeplast, 1968

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

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tray Tables

Materials

Metal

Vintage Joe Colombo Acrilica Lamp for O-Luce
Vintage Joe Colombo Acrilica Lamp for O-Luce

Vintage Joe Colombo Acrilica Lamp for O-Luce

By O-Luce, Joe Colombo

Located in Atlanta, GA

Vintage "Acrilica" model lamp, designed by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, Italy, circa 1960s. This lamp

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Model 4867 chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970S, set of 2
Model 4867 chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970S, set of 2

Model 4867 chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970S, set of 2

By Kartell, Joe Colombo

Located in bruxelles, BE

Red chairs by Joe Colombo. Model 4867. Stamped below the chairs. Wear due to time and the age of

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Plastic

1967, Joe Colombo for Kartell, Rare Orange KD29 Table Lamp
1967, Joe Colombo for Kartell, Rare Orange KD29 Table Lamp

1967, Joe Colombo for Kartell, Rare Orange KD29 Table Lamp

By Kartell, Joe Colombo

Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL

Good condition besides some traces of wear like tiny scratches and a hardly invisible crack (see picture #7). Measure: Weight 1.5 kg.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Joe Colombo Design Clock 02/R Optic for Alessi, Minimalist Italian Design
Joe Colombo Design Clock 02/R Optic for Alessi, Minimalist Italian Design

Joe Colombo Design Clock 02/R Optic for Alessi, Minimalist Italian Design

By Alessi, Joe Colombo

Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT

of Joe Colombo’s visionary 1970s design. First produced by Ritz Italora, this striking model was

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Minimalist Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Plastic

Set of Six Universale Stacking Dining Chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell
Set of Six Universale Stacking Dining Chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell

Set of Six Universale Stacking Dining Chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell

By Joe Colombo, Kartell

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Set of 6 Universale dining chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell. Chairs are structurally sound with

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Joe Colombo for Zanotta Italian Poker Card or Game Table, 1960, Minimalist
Joe Colombo for Zanotta Italian Poker Card or Game Table, 1960, Minimalist

Joe Colombo for Zanotta Italian Poker Card or Game Table, 1960, Minimalist

By Zanotta, Joe Colombo

Located in Antwerp, BE

Joe Colombo; Zanotta; Dining room table; Game table: Italian furniture design; 1960's; Iconic

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Game Tables

Materials

Steel

Four Joe Colombo 'Universale' Chairs, Very Rare First Edition 1967 Kartell Italy
Four Joe Colombo 'Universale' Chairs, Very Rare First Edition 1967 Kartell Italy

Four Joe Colombo 'Universale' Chairs, Very Rare First Edition 1967 Kartell Italy

By Joe Colombo, Kartell

Located in bergen op zoom, NL

Here we have a set of four extremely rare, first edition, Joe Colombo 'universale' chairs in the

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Plastic

1980s Postmodern Tiered Letter File Tray in Red with Chrome Accents Joe Colombo
1980s Postmodern Tiered Letter File Tray in Red with Chrome Accents Joe Colombo

1980s Postmodern Tiered Letter File Tray in Red with Chrome Accents Joe Colombo

By Joe Colombo, Kartell

Located in Chula Vista, CA

-Century Modern stylish desk tray in red plastic with chrome frame. 1980s USA Joe Colombo era. Measures

Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Chrome

Vintage White Beech Game Table "Poker" by Joe Colombo for Zanotta, Italy
Vintage White Beech Game Table "Poker" by Joe Colombo for Zanotta, Italy

Vintage White Beech Game Table "Poker" by Joe Colombo for Zanotta, Italy

By Zanotta, Joe Colombo

Located in Bresso, Lombardy

Made in Italy, 1968. This iconic game table, "model "Poker" was designed by the dreamer Joe Colombo

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Game Tables

Materials

Steel

1966, Joe Colombo, Rare  Red and White Fiberglass Table Light KD 24
1966, Joe Colombo, Rare  Red and White Fiberglass Table Light KD 24

1966, Joe Colombo, Rare Red and White Fiberglass Table Light KD 24

By Kartell, Joe Colombo

Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL

Very rare table light, KD 24, designed by Joe Colombo, circa 1966 and launched in 1968 for Kartell

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Mid Century Joe Columbo & Kartell Red Plastic Pop Art Universals Model # 4867
Mid Century Joe Columbo & Kartell Red Plastic Pop Art Universals Model # 4867

Mid Century Joe Columbo & Kartell Red Plastic Pop Art Universals Model # 4867

By Joe Colombo, Kartell

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Fabulous chair designed by Joe Columbo for Kartell c1967. Red plastic is in excellent vintage

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Plastic

"Birillo" Joe Colombo for Zanotta Italian Design 1970s Bistrò Pair of Stools
"Birillo" Joe Colombo for Zanotta Italian Design 1970s Bistrò Pair of Stools

"Birillo" Joe Colombo for Zanotta Italian Design 1970s Bistrò Pair of Stools

By Zanotta, Joe Colombo

Located in Brescia, IT

Camel leather seat Steel tubolar Cast iron base Black plastic cover Slight hairline fessure under

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Metal

1967, Joe Colombo for O-Luce Red "Coupe" Floor Reading Lamp / Uplighter
1967, Joe Colombo for O-Luce Red "Coupe" Floor Reading Lamp / Uplighter

1967, Joe Colombo for O-Luce Red "Coupe" Floor Reading Lamp / Uplighter

By Oluce, Joe Colombo

Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL

with black plastic hinge on stem; shade tilts, rotates and adjusts height of reflector. In 1968 this

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Set of Four Table Lamps "KD27" by Joe Colombo for Kartell, Italy, 1960s
Set of Four Table Lamps "KD27" by Joe Colombo for Kartell, Italy, 1960s

Set of Four Table Lamps "KD27" by Joe Colombo for Kartell, Italy, 1960s

By Kartell, Joe Colombo

Located in Berlin, DE

Beautiful set of four table or side bed lamps KD27 by Joe Colombo for Kartell. Also working as a

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Lamp by Joe Colombo KD27 Ebanil Pre Production Model Kartell, 1967
Lamp by Joe Colombo KD27 Ebanil Pre Production Model Kartell, 1967

Lamp by Joe Colombo KD27 Ebanil Pre Production Model Kartell, 1967

By Kartell, Joe Colombo

Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant

first pre production, made in ebanil plastic. Joe Colombo designed numerous lamps this is probably one

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Joe Columbo “Boby” Cart Work Station
Joe Columbo “Boby” Cart Work Station

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...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Plastic

Birillo Stool by Joe Columbo by Zanotta Italy
Birillo Stool by Joe Columbo by Zanotta Italy

Birillo Stool by Joe Columbo by Zanotta Italy

By Joe Colombo

Located in Cincinnati, OH

A mod pop art bar or counter Birillo stool by iconic Italian designer Joe Colombo with square seat

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Steel

Joe Columbo Boby Work Station and Storage Unit
Joe Columbo Boby Work Station and Storage Unit

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

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

Materials

Plastic

Op Pop Mod Italian Stackable Plastic Room Divider Screen
Op Pop Mod Italian Stackable Plastic Room Divider Screen

Op Pop Mod Italian Stackable Plastic Room Divider Screen

By Joe Colombo

Located in Ferndale, MI

Stackable plastic room divider screen in the style of Joe Colombo, 7.75 diameter components.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Swivel Pod Chairs by Joe Colombo for Lusch Erzeugnis Germany
Vintage Swivel Pod Chairs by Joe Colombo for Lusch Erzeugnis Germany

Vintage Swivel Pod Chairs by Joe Colombo for Lusch Erzeugnis Germany

By Lusch Erzeugnis, Joe Colombo, Lusch & Co

Located in Brooklyn, NY

by Italian designer Joe Colombo for West Germany's Lusch Erzeugnis chair company! This space-age pair

Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Naugahyde, Plastic

Sedia Universale 4867 Plastic Chair by Joe Columbo for Kartell in White
Sedia Universale 4867 Plastic Chair by Joe Columbo for Kartell in White

Sedia Universale 4867 Plastic Chair by Joe Columbo for Kartell in White

By Beylerian LTD, Kartell, Joe Colombo

Located in Topeka, KS

Available now this landmark Sedia Universale 4867 injection molded plastic chair designed by Joe

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Mid-Century Modern Boby Cart Work Station by Joe Columbo
Mid-Century Modern Boby Cart Work Station by Joe Columbo

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.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Plastic

Midcentury Italian Modern Molded Plastic Modular Display or Room Divider
Midcentury Italian Modern Molded Plastic Modular Display or Room Divider

Midcentury Italian Modern Molded Plastic Modular Display or Room Divider

By Joe Colombo

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Unique set of circa 1960s-1970s Italian molded plastic cylinders, which can fit together in a

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Plastic

Original Joe Columbo ''Boby 3'' Portable Storage System 'High'
Original Joe Columbo ''Boby 3'' Portable Storage System 'High'

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

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

Umbo Shelving Unit Bookcase by Kay Leroy Ruggles Brown Plastic After Joe Colombo
Umbo Shelving Unit Bookcase by Kay Leroy Ruggles Brown Plastic After Joe Colombo

Umbo Shelving Unit Bookcase by Kay Leroy Ruggles Brown Plastic After Joe Colombo

By Kay Leroy Ruggles

Located in Philadelphia, PA

the manner of Joe Colombo. This unique bookcase features six open sections, sleek modernist lines, and

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Plastic

Colombo Sinjet 1970s Stackable Lamps Vintage Mid-Century Pop Art Psychedelic Era
Colombo Sinjet 1970s Stackable Lamps Vintage Mid-Century Pop Art Psychedelic Era

Colombo Sinjet 1970s Stackable Lamps Vintage Mid-Century Pop Art Psychedelic Era

By Husqvarna, Joe Colombo

Located in Hyattsville, MD

and produced by Joe Colombo for Kartell in 1967. Then Husqvarna Borstfabrik in Sweden licensed and

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Bar set by Joe Colombo, 1960s
Bar set by Joe Colombo, 1960s

Bar set by Joe Colombo, 1960s

Located in bruxelles, BE

Bar set containing 1 white plastic, metal and glass bar with a lamp on top and 2 plastic, wood and

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Tables

Materials

Metal

Kay Leroy Ruggles Two Colors Plastic Shelving/Bookcase, "UMBO" Bookcase Normally Attb to Joe Colombo
Kay Leroy Ruggles Two Colors Plastic Shelving/Bookcase, "UMBO" Bookcase Normally Attb to Joe Colombo

Kay Leroy Ruggles Two Colors Plastic Shelving/Bookcase, "UMBO" Bookcase Normally Attb to Joe Colombo

By Kay Leroy Ruggles

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This is a very smart and easy concept of build furniture, in 1972 Kay Leroy Ruggles patents the easy system to make shelvings , coffee tables and many more furniture ideas. This syst...

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Plastic

Zeitlicht Desk/Table/Bedside Lamp Alarm Clock, 1970s Spaceage Colombo Panton Era
Zeitlicht Desk/Table/Bedside Lamp Alarm Clock, 1970s Spaceage Colombo Panton Era

Zeitlicht Desk/Table/Bedside Lamp Alarm Clock, 1970s Spaceage Colombo Panton Era

By Ettore Sottsass, Verner Panton, Joe Colombo

Located in London, GB

lamp and LED alarm clock, in the style of Joe Colombo, Verner Panton, Ettore Sottsass. Good original

Category

Vintage 1970s Hong Kong Space Age Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Metal

Lightolier Desk Lamp
Lightolier Desk Lamp

Lightolier Desk Lamp

By Joe Colombo

Located in Cincinnati, OH

A small orange ABS plastic desk lamp with adjustable shade, chrome details and very much in the

Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Bar coffee table by Joe Colombo for Bernini, Italy 1970s
Bar coffee table by Joe Colombo for Bernini, Italy 1970s

Bar coffee table by Joe Colombo for Bernini, Italy 1970s

By Bernini

Located in Brussels, BE

This italian rolling table by Joe Colombo for Bernini features a parallelepiped wooden structure

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Gino Colombini for Kartell, c.1970, Ashtray / Dish in the Style of Joe Colombo
Gino Colombini for Kartell, c.1970, Ashtray / Dish in the Style of Joe Colombo

Gino Colombini for Kartell, c.1970, Ashtray / Dish in the Style of Joe Colombo

By Gino Colombini, Kartell

Located in London, GB

Gino Colombini for Kartell, c. 1968 Ashtray / dish ABS plastic with chrome and black painted

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Chrome

Rare Sculptural Chair, Organic Form, upholstered in Alpaca, Italy, 1970s
Rare Sculptural Chair, Organic Form, upholstered in Alpaca, Italy, 1970s

Rare Sculptural Chair, Organic Form, upholstered in Alpaca, Italy, 1970s

By Eero Saarinen, Mario Bellini, Joe Colombo, Verner Panton, Olivier Mourgue

Located in Lewes, East Sussex

A rare sculptural Space Age chair or organic form, Italy, 1970s. Newly upholstered in a premium, cream, 100% Alpaca fabric. The core of the chair is flexible and as such the backrest...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Set of Three Birillo Stools by Joe Colombo
Set of Three Birillo Stools by Joe Colombo

Set of Three Birillo Stools by Joe Colombo

By Zanotta, Joe Colombo

Located in New York, NY

Set of three swivel bar stools, of chrome, leather and lacquered plastic, designed by Joe Colombo

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Chrome

Joe Colombo Black Plastic "Boby" Storage Cart
Joe Colombo Black Plastic "Boby" Storage Cart

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

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Plastic

Grey 1970s Plastic Rolling Utility Cart by Joe Colombo
Grey 1970s Plastic Rolling Utility Cart by Joe Colombo

Grey 1970s Plastic Rolling Utility Cart by Joe Colombo

By Joe Colombo

Located in Pasadena, CA

Grey utility cart signed Joe Colombo dating from the 1970s. Many surfaces and sections for your

Category

Vintage 1970s American Minimalist Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Plastic

1970s Red Plastic Boby Cart Work Station by Joe Colombo
1970s Red Plastic Boby Cart Work Station by Joe Colombo

1970s Red Plastic Boby Cart Work Station by Joe Colombo

By Joe Colombo

Located in Brooklyn, NY

1970s plastic boby cart work station made by Joe Colombo. Swivel compartments, and lots of cubbies

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Plastic

Joe Colombo KD24

Joe Colombo KD24

By Joe Colombo

Located in Brussels, BE

Joe Colombo KD24.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Joe Colombo Boby Cart
Joe Colombo Boby Cart

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

Category

Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

Materials

Plastic

Red Joe Colombo Universale Plastic Chair by Kartell, Italy, 1967
Red Joe Colombo Universale Plastic Chair by Kartell, Italy, 1967

Red Joe Colombo Universale Plastic Chair by Kartell, Italy, 1967

By Kartell, Joe Colombo

Located in Appeltern, Gelderland

Set of 2 Universale stacking chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell. Model: 4867.  

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Small trolley Robot Joe Colombo
Small trolley Robot Joe Colombo

Small trolley Robot Joe Colombo

By Joe Colombo

Located in Milan, IT

Small trolley Robot Joe Colombo, made on 1969.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

Materials

Plastic

Pivoting Lamp by Joe Colombo
Pivoting Lamp by Joe Colombo

Pivoting Lamp by Joe Colombo

By Joe Colombo

Located in New York, NY

This space age lamp by Joe Colombo rests on a clear acrylic base. It pivots, and to turn it on and

Category

20th Century Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Spider Lamp by Joe Colombo
Spider Lamp by Joe Colombo

Spider Lamp by Joe Colombo

By Joe Colombo

Located in North Miami, FL

A clamp desk lamp, the Spider is a design classic by Joe Colombo, manufactured by Oluce, Milan.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Spinny Unit by Studio Joe Colombo
Spinny Unit by Studio Joe Colombo

Spinny Unit by Studio Joe Colombo

By Joe Colombo

Located in London, GB

°. Designed by Studio Joe Colombo using the same spinning drawers featured on his famous Bobby Trolly. The

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of...

Materials

Steel

Coupe Table Lamp by Joe Colombo
Coupe Table Lamp by Joe Colombo

Coupe Table Lamp by Joe Colombo

By Joe Colombo

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A beautiful, early example of the iconic #2202 Coupe Table Lamp designed in 1967 by Joe Colombo for

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Joe Colombo Boby Cart
Joe Colombo Boby Cart

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

Category

Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Plastic

Pair of Joe Colombo KD 27 Lamps
Pair of Joe Colombo KD 27 Lamps

Pair of Joe Colombo KD 27 Lamps

By Joe Colombo

Located in New York, NY

Pair of KD 27 Lamps by Joe Colombo for Kartell in red and black. The black one has a slightly

Category

20th Century Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Joe Colombo Birillo Bar stool
Joe Colombo Birillo Bar stool

Joe Colombo Birillo Bar stool

By Joe Colombo, Zanotta

Located in Chicago, IL

Joe Colombo Birillo, bar stool new upholstery Italy, 1971 Manufactured by Zanotta stainless

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Stools

Materials

Stainless Steel

Boby Rollcontainer by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s
Boby Rollcontainer by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s

Boby Rollcontainer by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s

By Joe Colombo

Located in Zurich, CH

The Boby Container was designed by Joe Colombo for B-Line as early as 1970. As mobile storage

Category

Vintage 1980s European Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

Green Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s
Green Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s

Green Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s

By Joe Colombo

Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles

Green Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s Designer - Joe Colombo Producer

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Plastic

Black Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line
Black Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line

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

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

Materials

Plastic

Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s
Yellow Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960s

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

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Plastic

Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo, 1980s
Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo, 1980s

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

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Plastic

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Joe Colombo Plastic For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal joe colombo plastic for your home. Each joe colombo plastic for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using plastic, metal and chrome. There are 271 variations of the antique or vintage joe colombo plastic you’re looking for, while we also have 5 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect joe colombo plastic — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each joe colombo plastic bearing Mid-Century Modern, Modern or Scandinavian Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made joe colombo plastic over the years, but those crafted by Joe Colombo, Kartell and Bieffeplast are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Joe Colombo Plastic?

Prices for a joe colombo plastic can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $75 and can go as high as $15,000, while the average can fetch as much as $880.

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 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.

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.

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