Italian Space Age Modular Chest of Drawers by Olaf von Bohr for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Olaf von Bohr
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age Modular chest of drawers by Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell, 1970s Modular chest of drawers with rectangular base with rounded corners, in bright red plastic.
Plastic
Italian Modern Modular Chest of Drawers 4964 by Olaf von Bohr for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Olaf von Bohr
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern modular chest of drawers 4964 by Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell, 1970s Pair of modular chest of drawers mod. 4964, or shoe racks, with a rectangular base with rounded corn...
Plastic
Italian modern modular chest of drawers 4964 by Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Olaf von Bohr
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern modular chest of drawers 4964 by Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell, 1970s. Modular chest of drawers model 4964 with a rectangular base with rounded corners, with four modules ...
Metal
Sold|$1,300 / set
Philippe Starck "Eros" Red Swivel Chairs, Pair
By Kartell, Philippe Starck
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Philippe Starck for Kartell "Eros" Red Swivel Chairs, chrome trumpet bases marked "Eros S / by / Kartell / with / Stark / Made in Italy" to reverses. 31" H x 24" W x 21" D; s...
Metal
Mario Bellini for Kartell, Italy. Large "Moon" bowl in red plastic.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Mario Bellini for Kartell, Italy. Large "Moon" bowl in red PMMA plastic.
Plastic
Kartell/Tramo KD6 Pendant Lamp Designed by Achille & Piergiacomo Castiglioni
By Kartell, Tramo, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The red Kartell/Tramo KD6 Pendant Lamp, designed by the legendary Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, epitomizes timeless elegance and innovative design.
Metal
Sold|$436
Kartell Eros Chair
By Philippe Starck
Located in London, GB
A Kartell Eros chair by Philippe Starck. Red Lucite with swivel base.
Lucite
Sold|$436
Kartell Eros Chair
By Philippe Starck
Located in London, GB
A Kartell Eros chair by Philippe Starck. Red Lucite with chrome wire frame base.
Chrome
Philippe Starck Red “Eros” Chairs on Aluminum Bases for Kartell - a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of glossy red polycarbonate Eros chairs on aluminum trumpet swivel bases by Philippe Starck for Kartell.
Aluminum
Joe Colombo Space Age Pop Design Red Vintage Plastic Chair 1968 Italy Universale
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Joe Colombo Space Age red vintage plastic chair, which was designed 1965 - 1967 Italy named Model 4869 Universale and produced by Kartell Milano.
Plastic
Kartell/Tramo KD6 Pendant Lamp Designed by Achille & Piergiacomo Castiglioni
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Kartell, Tramo
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The red Kartell/Tramo KD6 Pendant Lamp, designed by the legendary Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, epitomizes timeless elegance and innovative design.
Metal
Kartell/Tramo KD6 Pendant Lamp Designed by Achille & Piergiacomo Castiglioni
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Kartell, Tramo
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The red Kartell/Tramo KD6 Pendant Lamp, designed by the legendary Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, epitomizes timeless elegance and innovative design.
Metal
Ettore Sottsass for Knoll, Set of 6 Mandarin Chairs in Original Red Fabric
By Kartell, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, CA
Conceived by Italian architect and designer, Ettore Sottsass and manufactured in 1986 by Knoll, the Mandarin chair is a highly functional design with distinctive one-piece arm-rail t...
Metal
Sold|$883
Kartell KD6 Metachrylate Italy 1959
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Milano, IT
Suspension lamp model 'KD6' designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Kartell in 1959 with red opal methacrylate diffuser.
Acrylic
Midcentury Modular Wine Rack or Stand, Italy, 1970s
By Kartell
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type - very practical - marked by label - for 36 bottles - modular
Plastic
Storage box by Antonio Citterio for Kartell
By Antonio Citterio
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Storage box by Antonio Citterio with 5 drawers and published by Kartell. Very good quality for this orange colored piece of furniture, ideal for an office, a bedroom or even in an en...
Iron
KD29 Table Lamp by Joe Colombo in Red, Mid-Century, Space Age, Vintage
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Stockholm, Stockholms län
Table lamp, desk lamp model ”KD29″ designed by Joe Colombo in 1966. Manufactured under license by Huskvarna in Sweden, circa 1970s. Made from red methacrylate and white acrylic scree...
Plastic, Acrylic
Mobil storage unit with drawers by Antonio Citterio for Kartell
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Mobile storage unit by antonio citterio for kartell. Versatile, it can be used in any room, but is ideal as a pedestal for the office or home office. Beautifully crafted and with cle...
Metal
Joe Colombo space-age desk lamp KD29, by Husqvarna Kartell, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Husqvarna
Located in Forserum, SE
Crafted from molded ABS plastic in red and white, it features an integrated pencil stand in the base.
Plastic
Sold|$2,200 / set
Set 3 Space Age Stacking Chairs by Joe Colombo 1967 Italy
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 3 iconic and colorful space age stacking "Universal chair" designed by Joe Colombo for Kartell circa 1967. These stylish chairs are stackable and would be a great addition to ...
Plaster
Joe Colombo KD24 Table Lamp for Kartell, 1966, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brussels, BE
KD 24 table lamp by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1966, Italy. White and red ABS plastic, adjustable chromed metal part.
Metal
Magazine Rack by Giotto Steppino for Kartel
By Kartell, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Magazine rack by Giotto Steppino for Kartel original condition.
Acrylic
Sold|$647 / set
Olaf Von Bohr Set of Little Racks 70's
By Olaf von Bohr, Kartell
Located in bari, IT
Set of eight plastic coat hangers Designer Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell from the 70s.
Plastic
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 condition with minimal wear, a few light scratches.
Plastic
Olaf von Bohr Magazine Rack, Kartell 1970s
By Olaf von Bohr
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Rare Olaf Von Bohr magazine rack for Kartell. Red plastic in good condition with no chips and minor age-related scuffing.
Plastic
Italian Mid-Century Modern Modular Red Plastic Chest of Drawers by Kartell 1970s
By Kartell
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern modular red plastic chest of drawers by Kartell, 1970s Modular red plastic chest of drawers, with hinged opening, usable as shoe rack.
Plastic
Red Joe Colombo Universale Plastic Chair by Kartell, Italy, 1967
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Naples, IT
Joe Colombo model 4867 Universale stacking chair. Designer: Joe Colombo Manufacturer: Kartell Model: 4867 Universale stacking chair Material: Plastic / rubber Period: 1967.
Plastic, Rubber
Set of 4 Philippe Starck Impossible Chair Red by Kartell, circa 2008
By Philippe Starck, Kartell
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of 4 Philippe Starck impossible chair manufactured by Kartell, circa 2018 Measures: H 84 x W 55 x D 60 cm.
Plastic
Floor Lamp / Coat Hanger Mod. "4706" Design Group Bbpr for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell
Located in taranto, IT
beautiful floor lamp / coat hanger model "4706" designed by Gruppo BBPR for Kartell , 1970s Made of anodized aluminum and abs, in bright red color, a real icon of world design of ...
Aluminum
Kartell By Giotto Stoppino Transparent Red Plexiglass Magazine Rack
By Kartell, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Iconic and sophisticated magazine rack; it was made by hot molding a sheet of red transparent plexiglass giving it the shape suitable for holding newspapers and magazines in a sinuou...
Plexiglass
Kartell Nesting Tables by Giotto Stoppino
By Kartell, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century modern orange stacking side tables by Kartell. Molded plastic design with fun vibrant color. Heights: 16", 15", 13". (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with d...
Italian modern red plastic magazine rack 4675 Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Giotto Stoppino
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern red plastic magazine rack 4675 Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, 1970s Magazine rack mod. 4675 in red plastic.
Plastic
Sold|$3,500
Joe Colombo 4801 for Kartell Lounge Chair
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in New York, NY
Very nice example of the Classic Colombo Interlocking Plywood 4801 for Kartell designed 1963. This example is in very good, original condition, showing only light cosmetic wear, norm...
Vintage Set of 4 Red Domed Containers by Anna Castelli for Kartell
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fantastic and rare set of four 1970s nesting domed containers by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell in red. The series was originally sold with cylindrical bases and domed lids as...
Plastic
Four Universale Dining Chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four Universale dining chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell. Injection molded plastic. Signed. Made in Italy. One chair has crack in seat but can support normal weight. In good vintage ...
Plastic
Vintage Cestino with Lid by Gino Colombini for Kartell
By Kartell, Gino Colombini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare red example scarcely seen with the lid intact.
Plastic
Set of Seven Chairs Kartell Designed by Carlo Bartoli, Italy, 1980s
By Kartell, Carlo Bartoli
Located in Praha, CZ
- Marked - Very practical - Iconic - Model 4875 - Removable legs Outdoor /garden/ and indoor use.
Plastic
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 the chairs.
Plastic
1980s Postmodern Tiered Letter File Tray in Red with Chrome Accents Joe Colombo
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Desk tray 1980s Postmodern tiered office file tray in red chrome accents Joe Colombo Era Mid-Century Modern stylish desk tray in red plastic with chrome frame. 1980s USA Joe Colombo ...
Chrome
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, Noviglio, Italy. Produced from 1968 to 1973.
Metal, Chrome
Pair of K4999 Richard Sapper for Kartell Child's Chair
By Richard Sapper
Located in Seattle, WA
Officially known as K4999 designed by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso for Kartell, these chairs represent the first structural application of polyethylene plastic in furniture.
Plastic
Set of Stacking Tables, Giotto Stoppino for Kartell 1970
By Giotto Stoppino
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Full set of 3 stacking tables by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell in a rare orange plastic. Surprisingly substantial and in good vintage condition with minor scuffs and fading.
Plastic
Kartell Ignazio Gardella Red Table
By Kartell
Located in Napoli, NA
Kartell Ignazio Gardella and Anna Castelli Raound table metal and resin 1966 Original table.
Metal
Postmodern Towel Holder from Kartell, 1980s
By Kartell
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Producer - Kartell Design Period - Eighties Measurements - width 90 cm x depth 11 cm x height 9 cm Materials - expanded polyurethane Color - Black, White, Red Condition - Good ...
Plastic
Vintage Kartell Componibili Two-Tier Cabinet Side Table
By Kartell
Located in Dallas, TX
The Kartell Componibili Round Storage collection is a midcentury Classic that remains as practical and distinctive as ever. Designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieri, this light, modular st...
Plastic
Sold|$1,117 / set
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.
Plastic
Red Magazine Rack by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Producer - Kartell Designer - Giotto Stoppino Model - Magazine Rack Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 29 cm x Depth 40 cm x Height 45 cm Materials - Plastic Colo...
Plastic
Red KD27 Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Kartell Model - KD 27 Design Period - Seventies Measurements - width 25 cm x depth 25 cm x height 26 cm Materials - Plastic Color - Red, White Condi...
Plastic
Red Modular Shelf with Desk by Olaf von Bohr for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Olaf von Bohr
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Red Modular Shelf with Desk by Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell, 1970s.
Plastic
Red Model 4867 Universale Chair by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Red Model 4867 Universale Chair by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s 3 pieces left - Price is per piece Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Kartell Model - Universale Chair - Model 48...
Plastic
Pair of Red Side Tables by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, 1970s
By Giotto Stoppino, Kartell
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Giotto Stoppino Producer - Kartell Model - Nesting Tables Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 47 cm x Depth 47 cm x Height 41 & 33 cm Materials - Plastic Color ...
Plastic
Red Model 4869 Universale Chair by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Kartell Model - Universale Chair / Model 4869 Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 44 cm x Depth 44 cm x Height 72 cm x Seat Height 45...
Plastic
Italian Side Chairs Red&Green "Model 4875" by Carlo Bartoli for Kartell, 1970s
By Carlo Bartoli, Kartell
Located in Porto, PT
Vintage green and red side chairs "model 4875" designed by Carlo Bartoli for Kartell in 1970.
Red Frame Mirror Model 4727 by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, 1980s
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Red Frame Mirror Model 4727 by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, 1980s Designer - Anna Castelli Ferrieri Producer - Kartell Model - Model 4727 Design Period - Eighties Measu...
Glass, Plastic
Red Frame Mirror Model 4720 by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, 1980s
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Anna Castelli Ferrieri Producer - Kartell Model - Model 4720 Design Period - Eighties Measurements - Width 65 cm x Depth 3 cm x Height 65 cm Materials - Expanded polyuret...
Glass, Plastic
Red Dining Table Model 4300 by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, 1970s
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Anna Castelli Ferrieri Producer - Kartell Model - Dining Table Model 4300 Design Period - Seventies Measurements - Width 80 cm x Depth 80 cm x Height 71 cm Materials - P...
Plastic
Set of 4 Red Domed Containers by Anna Castelli for Kartell, 1970s
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Producer- Kartell Designer- Anna Castelli Model- 7324 Design Period- Seventies Measurements- Width 15 cm x Depth 15 cm x Height 27 cm Materials- Plastic Color- Red Condition...
Plastic
The Italian design giant Kartell transformed plastic from the stuff of humble household goods into a staple of luxury design in the 1960s. Founded in Milan by Italian chemical engineer Giulio Castelli (1920–2006) and his wife Anna Ferrieri (1918–2006), Kartell began as an industrial design firm, producing useful items like ski racks for automobiles and laboratory equipment designed to replace breakable glass with sturdy plastic. Even as companies like Olivetti and Vespa were making Italian design popular in the 1950s, typewriters and scooters were relatively costly, and Castelli and Ferrieri wanted to provide Italian consumers with affordable, stylish goods.
They launched a housewares division of Kartell in 1953, making lighting fixtures and kitchen tools and accessories from colorful molded plastic. Consumers in the postwar era were initially skeptical of plastic goods, but their affordability and infinite range of styles and hues eventually won devotees. Tupperware parties in the United States made plastic storage containers ubiquitous in postwar homes, and Kartell’s ingenious designs for juicers, dustpans, and dish racks conquered Europe. Kartell designer Gino Colombini was responsible for many of these early products, and his design for the KS 1146 Bucket won the Compasso d’Oro prize in 1955.
Buoyed by its success in the home goods market, Kartell introduced its Habitat division in 1963. Designers Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper created the K1340 (later called the K 4999) children’s chair that year, and families enjoyed their bright colors and light weight, which made them easy for kids to pick up and move. In 1965, Joe Colombo (1924–78) created one of Kartell’s few pieces of non-plastic furniture, the 4801 chair, which sits low to the ground and comprised of just three curved pieces of plywood. (In 2012, Kartell reissued the chair in plastic.) Colombo followed up on the success of the 4801 with the iconic 4867 Universal Chair in 1967, which, like Verner Panton’s S chair, is made from a single piece of plastic. The colorful, stackable injection-molded chair was an instant classic. That same year, Kartell introduced Colombo’s KD27 table lamp. Ferrierei’s cylindrical 4966 Componibili storage module debuted in 1969.
Kartell achieved international recognition for its innovative work in 1972, when a landmark exhibition curated by Emilio Ambasz called “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” opened at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. That show introduced American audiences to the work of designers such as Gaetano Pesce; Ettore Sottsass, founder of the Memphis Group; and the firms Archizoom and Superstudio (both firms were among Italy's Radical design groups) — all of whom were using wit, humor and unorthodox materials to create a bracingly original interior aesthetic.
Castelli and Ferrieri sold Kartell to Claudio Luti, their son-in-law, in 1988, and since then, Luti has expanded the company’s roster of designers.
Kartell produced Ron Arad’s Bookworm wall shelf in 1994, and Philippe Starck’s La Marie chair in 1998. More recently, Kartell has collaborated with the Japanese collective Nendo, Spanish architect Patricia Urquiola and glass designer Tokujin Yoshioka, among many others. Kartell classics can be found in museums around the world, including MoMA, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. In 1999, Claudio Luti established the Museo Kartell to tell the company’s story, through key objects from its innovative and colorful history.
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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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