Joe Colombo Furniture
Italian, 1930-1971
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.
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Creator: Joe Colombo
Vintage Iconic Joe Colombo Elda Armchair, Italian Space Age, White Leather
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
It’s 1963, Space Age is at its dawn, and Italian architect Joe Colombo designs a piece that will define the aesthetics of the era: we’re of course talking of the Elda chair, named af...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
$13,380 Sale Price
20% Off
Game Table by Joe Colombo for Zanotta, 1970s
By Zanotta, Joe Colombo
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Joe Colombo (Milan 1930 - 1971) "Poker" card table Laminate, stainless steel, Game table designed in 1968 by the famous designer Joe Colombo, produced by Zanotta, with double layered...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Fresnel Wall Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fresnel Wall Lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Simple and timeless, this lamp produces both direct and diffused light. The fixture is made of c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$941 / item
Pair of Stools by Joe Colombo, 1960, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of vintage stools designed by Joe Colombo.
Lacquered wood, metal and viny leather upholstery.
Fully original and in very good condition.
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
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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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy 1960s
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in bruxelles, BE
Swivel armchair in beige canvas and black shell by Joe Colombo. Elda model. Seat height 40 cm. Wear due to time and age of armchair.
FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PRICE
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass, Canvas
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 3 Drawers in Verdigris for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent collection of MoMA in New York and the “Triennale” in Milan, Smau Prize in 1971.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Pair of '4801' cream colored lounge chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in amstelveen, NL
"interlocking" lounge chairs designed by Joe Colombo for Kartell, Italy, 1960s
Joe Colombo''s iconic 4801 armchair is designed in 1963-1964. A modern chair with a striking visual ap...
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1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plywood
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. This “Boby” trolley or portable stor...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Model 300' Dining Chairs in Oak and Leather for Pozzi, Italy 1965
By Joe Colombo, Pozzi
Located in Hellouw, NL
A very pleasant set of six 'model 300' chairs designed by Joe Colombo in 1965 for the Italian manufacturer Pozzi. Colombo was convinced that functionality should come first, and the ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
$11,119 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of Four Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965.
Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe Colombo, Chair 300 is a beautiful example of his functional design sensibility. Uphol...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
$10,417 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Set of 4 Chairs Model "300" by Joe Colombo for Pozzi, 1966
By Joe Colombo, Pozzi
Located in Roma, IT
Eight 300 chairs realized by Joe Colombo for Pozzi, Italy, in 1966.
Oak Wood and black leather.
Ref: I Colombo. Joe Colombo 1930-1971, Gianni Colombo 1937-1993, Fagone, p. 165; G. ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size S with 3 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent collection of MoMA in New York and the “Triennale” in Milan, Smau Prize in 1971.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo cabinet mobile Combi center 1960s.
By Joe Colombo, Bernini
Located in bari, IT
Storage unit from the Combi Center series, stackable element system with wooden frame, aluminium sliding panels and light level with perspex diffuser. Mahogany wood, aluminium, mirro...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of 'Flash' Wall or Ceiling Lights by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Flash' Wall or Ceiling Lights by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, in 1960. Chalice-shaped aluminum is cut in half length-wise to form the shade. The shade ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
60s 70s Spider Wall Lamp Joe Colombo O-Luce 1967 Wall Light Design
By O-Luce, Joe Colombo
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s Spider wall lamp Joe Colombo O-Luce 1967 wall light Design 60s
Object: wall lamp
Manufacturer: O-Luce
Condition: good
Age: around 1960-1970
Dimensions:
90cm...
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1970s European Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
6 Original Joe Colombo 'model 300' Dining Chairs for POZZI, Italy - 1960's
By Joe Colombo, Pozzi
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
The Joe Colombo Model 300 Chair is a striking example of mid-century modern design, blending innovative functionality with timeless aesthetics. Designed by the iconic Italian industr...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Walnut
Customizable Tacchini Additional System Armchair by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo, Tacchini
Located in New York, NY
Modules with unusual shapes give life to original seating configurations where aggregation and variability take center stage. Additional System is a project by Joe Colombo from 1967,...
Category
2010s Italian Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery
Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in bruxelles, BE
Swivel armchair in red leather and white shell designed by Joe Colombo, model Elda. Seat height 40cm. Wear due to time and age.
FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PRICE
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo for Comfort Lounge Chair 'Elda' in Black Leather and Fiberglass
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, 1963
The ‘Elda’ chair is one of the most well-known designs of Italian designer Joe Colombo. This lounge ch...
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1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Space Age Vintage Black Plastic Up to Three Dining Chair Joe Colombo 1967 Italy
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage three plastic dining chairs or chairs by Joe Colombo 1965 - 67 and executed for Kartell 1970s Italy.
Stamped underneath, Kartell Binasco ( Milano ) 860 & 861 made in Italy Des. Prof Joe Colombo 1970
The chairs are in good condition with signs of age and use like scratches at the glossy surface.
The iconic dining chairs...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 5 Drawers in Honey for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent collection of MoMA in New York and the “Triennale” in Milan, Smau Prize in 1971.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Coffee Table
By Joe Colombo
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Handsome Joe Colombo Coffee Table, Italy 1970's
Oval shaped original lacquered plywood with smoked glass top and rosewood foot and interior sh...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
$7,800
Desserte Joe Colombo "Boby Trolley Rouge pour Bieffeplast Italie 1968 Space Age
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in London, England
Fabriqué par Bieffplast en Italie, le rangement Boby, imaginé par le designer emblématique Joe Colombo, se présente comme une solution pratique et esthétique pour toutes les pièces d...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Swivel "Elda" Leather Lounge Chair
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Lounge chair designed by Joe Colombo (1930-1971) in 1963 model "Elda"for Comfort. Made of fiberglass structure upholstered with black and white leather which make it very unique. It ...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Bouclé, Fiberglass
Set of Two Joe Colombo Mini Coupe Table Lamps by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two Table Lamps model Mini Coupe designed by Joe Colombo.
Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered alumini...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
$983 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Joe Colombo 'Elda' Lounge Chair, White Leather and Fibreglass, by Comfort, Italy
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Joe Colombo ‘Elda’ Lounge Chair, Black Leather and White Fibreglass Shell, Produced by Comfort, Italy.
93cm high, 95cm wide, 98cm deep.
The Elda Chair was designed by Joe Colombo in...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Cognac leather and white Elda chair by Joe Colombo for Longhi Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Sas van Gent, NL
What more can be said about this iconic design by Joe Colombo that hasn’t been said before? A design far ahead of its time, on the verge of space age and modernism.
Colombo was able...
Category
2010s Italian Space Age Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
$11,886 Sale Price
28% Off
Set of Four Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965.
Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe Colombo, Chair 300 is a beautiful example of his functional design sensibility. Upholst...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
$10,417 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Vintage Joe Colombo Elda Chair, Comfort Fratelli Longhi, Black Leather
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original Elda Chair, designed by Joe Colombo and manufactured by Comfort Fratelli Longhi. The Elda Chair’s futuristic design reflects Colombo’s interest in space exploration and mode...
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20th Century Italian Space Age Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 5 Drawers in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent collection of MoMA in New York and the “Triennale” in Milan, Smau Prize in 1971.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Domo' Brass Table Lamp by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Joe Colombo in 1965.
The Domo lamp was originally designed by Italian designer Joe Colombo in 1965. Back then he designed three lamps based on the same cor...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Brass
$856 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Pair of Stools by Joe Colombo, 1960, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage pair of stools realized by Joe Colombo in 1960s.
Lacquered wood, metal and viny leather upholstery.
Very Good condition except for some minor signs of time in the white lac...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo 'Triedro' Metal Wall Lamp in White for Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo 'Triedro' Metal Wall Lamp in White for Stilnovo
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Mid-century era,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Swivel Pod Chairs by Joe Colombo for Lusch Erzeugnis Germany
By Joe Colombo, Lusch Erzeugnis, Lusch & Co
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Take post-modern interior design for a spin with these funky goblet-shaped swivel chairs conceived by Italian designer Joe Colombo for West Germany's Lusch Erzeugnis chair company! T...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Faux Leather, Naugahyde, Plastic
Set of Two Joe Colombo Mini Coupe Table Lamps by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two Table Lamps model Mini Coupe designed by Joe Colombo.
Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered alumini...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
$983 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Table Lamp in Chrome and Black with Base for Stilnovo
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' table lamp in chrome and black with base for Stilnovo
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Joe Colombo Italian Alogena for Oluce Adjustable Light Floor Lamp Vintage
By Joe Colombo
Located in North Miami, FL
This very high style Italian vintage Alogena Joe Colombo for Oluce adjustable floor lamp has different heights that you can adjust only for...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Steel
Set of Six Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Kvadrat Fabric by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965.
Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe Colombo, chair 300 is a beautiful example of his functional design sensibility. Upholst...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$12,951 Sale Price / set
25% Off
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.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Italian modern brown and white plastic table lamp KD27 by Colombo Kartell, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern brown and white plastic table lamp KD27 by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
Table lamps model KD27 with round base in white and black-brown plastic. The elliptical diffu...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Boby yellow trolley, by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
The Boby storage cart, designed by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast in 1969, is considered an icon of Made in Italy design. In 1971, the designer received the SMAU award for this very mod...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Model 4801 Armchair by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in bruxelles, BE
White wooden armchair with black leather cushion. Made in limited numbers: Numbered 8. Seat height 40cm. Wear due to age and time.
For shipping, request us for receive the best price.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Leather
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Spider' Marble and Metal by Oluce
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Agnoli' designed by Tito Agnoli in 1954.
Floor lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufac...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$1,307 Sale Price
25% Off
Midcentury Coat Rack with Umbrella Stand by Joe Colombo, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Lucija, SI
Nice and rare coat stand with umbrella stand designed by the famous Italian designer Joe Colombo released in Italy in the 1960s.
Structure in lacquered curved wood, foot and cap in...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Black
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Black.
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
Joe Colombo White Vintage Plastic Boby High Portable Storage Container, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
White vintage 3 high portable storage container designed by Joe Colombo in 1969, Italy and executed by Bieffeplast, Padova, Italy. The white Joe Colom...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Model 4801 Armchairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1960s, set of 2
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in bruxelles, BE
Set of 2 white wooden armchairs designed by Joe Colombo, Model 4801. Numbered 16. Seat height 34cm. Wear due to time and age.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' designed in 1970 in black for B-Line
Multichair is a convertible system consisting of two individual elements that can easily turn into a conversation/relax...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fabric
$3,487 / item
Complete Set of Thirty-Six Joe Colombo 'Sferico' Glass Tableware by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Glass tableware designed by Joe Colombo in 1968.
Joe Colombo believed in democratic and functional design. In his lifetime he designed a wide range of different drinking glasses....
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Glass
$1,082 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Spider 4476 Ceiling Lamp by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Weesp, NL
Ceiling lamp Spider 4476 by Joe Colombo
New old stock Spider ceiling lamp from the second of June 1981. Never used before!
Originally designed in 1965 by the one & only Joe Colombo for O-luce Italia...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Metal
$3,126 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Two Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Kvadrat Fabric by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965.
Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe Colombo, Chair 300 is a beautiful example of his functional design sensibility. Upholst...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$4,320 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Colombo Floor Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colombo floor lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce. This lamp gets its name from the designer who was one of Italy's most iconic designers. The design o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$2,954 / item
Italian midcentury pair of Spider wall lamps by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Rare pair of iconic Spider wall lamps designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce in 1965.
Original metal structure and lacquered lampshade, the two lamps are composed of a single lighting bo...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Design Classic Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo, 1970s Italy
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Renens, CH
The Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963) is a post-war design masterpiece:
The design is still today considered futuristic, with its moulded fiberglass shell and swivelling base, offer...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Pair of Joe Colombo Chairs No. 4801, Black Plywood Wood, Kartell, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A pair of "interlocking" lounge chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell, Italy, manufactured in Mid-Century, circa 1963.
Joe Colombo's iconic 4801 armchair was designed in 1963/1964. A mod...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plywood, Wood, Bentwood
Vintage Universale Chair by Joe Colombo for Kartell, Italy, 1972
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Universale "4867" Chair, Italy
dated on bottom: 1972
"polycarbonate - in very good vintage condition"
"some discoloration and yellowing, some scratches and small dings"
Des...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
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 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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Plastic
Space Age Trolley "Baby" by Joe Colombo Black Modular Storage Cart
By Joe Colombo
Located in Freehold, NJ
This mid century Space Age storage caddy “Boby” by Joe Colombo features plastic construction, glossy black finish, modular design with trays and storage compartments, and black casto...
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Plastic
Set of Six Joe Colombo 'Sferico' Glass Tableware by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Glass tableware designed by Joe Colombo in 1968.
Joe Colombo believed in democratic and functional design. In his lifetime he designed a wide ran...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Glass
$179 Sale Price / set
25% Off
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Joe Colombo furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Joe Colombo furniture, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 214 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 299 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Joe Colombo were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Vico Magistretti, Carlo Nason, and Oluce. Prices for Joe Colombo furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $176 and can go as high as $22,506, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,532.
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- What is Joe Colombo famous for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025Joe Colombo is famous for his career as a designer. He died young, at 41 in 1971, and his career as a designer lasted little more than 10 years. Through the 1960s, 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, his creations have the power to surprise. Shop a selection of Joe Colombo furniture on 1stDibs.
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