Bieffeplast Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

Designed by Joe Colombo in 1970, the Boby trolley was never just about storage—it was about movement, modularity, and the future. This low black edition keeps a low profile but deliv...

Very rare, in this bright ice blue color, shelves model “Graffiti” designed by Rodney Kinsman for Bieffeplast Padova in the eighties. Elegant bookcase featuring uprights and shelves ...

Purchasing the Boby trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy, from the 1970s is an opportunity to own a piece of iconic design history that seamlessly combines functionality and...

The Iconic Boby trolley in white hue is a masterpiece of space age design. It is present in the permanent NY MOMA exhibition and won of the SMAU 1971 award. Moreover it was part of t...

An early production 1970s vintage white edition 'Boby' trolley with three swivel drawers, designed by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast Italy in 1970s. Overall in good vintage condition w...

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 ...

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 struc...

Black 'Boby' trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy 1970’s. This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colo...

Black enameled postmodern bookcase with five shelves designed by Rodney Kinsman and manufactured by Bieffeplast, 1980s.

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 ...

Bieffeplast yellow metal shelving unit, post-modern Italian design, 1970 Memphis style piece reminiscent of Enzo Mari & other great Italian designers. Also the bucket on wheels g...

Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic "Boby 3" portable storage system was produced by Italian manufacturer Bieffeplast makes savvy use of space with its swivel design. This compact caddy is featured in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, but it’s perfect at home in domestic settings, offering ample storage with swing-out drawer trays provide and cubby holes for taller items. A one-of-a-kind piece that will complete a studio or a midcentury office. Measures (cm): height - 74 depth - 41 width - 43 Born in Milan in 1930, designer Cesare Colombo—who went by Joe—was the second of three brothers. His father, Giuseppe, was an industrialist who inherited a ribbon factory and turned it into an electrical conductor manufacturer. Colombo came to design relatively late, having spent most of his twenties pursuing painting and sculpture. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Brera, Milan, in the early 1950s. While there, he joined the Movimento Nucleare, an avant-garde art movement founded by Enrico Baj and Sergio Dangelo in 1951. Spurred on by international anxiety surrounding the nuclear bomb, this group of painters aimed to break free of the static boundaries of traditional painting. In 1953, Colombo made his first foray into design by creating a decorative ceiling for a Milan jazz club. In 1954, he made a series of television shrines for the Milan Trienniale. Inspired by these experiences, Colombo enrolled as an architecture student at Milan Polytechnic. When his father became ill in 1958, Colombo abandoned painting altogether; he and his younger brother, Gianni, took over the family business, using the factory as an experimental space for the latest production techniques and materials, including fiberglass, PVC, and polyethylene. In 1962, Colombo opened a design studio in Milan, from which he worked primarily on architectural commissions—including several ski lodges and mountain hotels—as well as product design. His furniture designs were characterized by optimistically bold, round forms, and he championed the notion of using modern technologies to create new design solutions. Colombo’s design career was cut tragically short in 1971 when he died of heart failure at age 41. However, he was remarkably prolific during his near decade as a designer. Notable projects include some of the most iconic designs of the 1960s, such as his 1963 Elda Armchair, made completely of fiberglass; the 1964 Ragno outdoor light, which doubled as a seat; the stackable Universale chair (1965/67), which came in varying heights and was created completely from polypropylene; his 1967 modular furniture series known as the Additional Living System, which was composed of different-size curved pieces that could be pinned together in various configurations to form chairs, sofas, or entire living areas, and which ultimately included the famous 1969 Tubo lounge chair; and the Optic alarm clock and Bobby trolley...