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.
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Creator: Joe Colombo
Chrome Topo Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Topo Table Lamp, designed by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo in the 1970s, stands as a truly unique and special piece that epitomizes the innovative spiri...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal, Chrome
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Coupé' Black by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufact...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal, Aluminum
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 core s...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Brass
Fresnel Wall Sconce Blu Joe Colombo for Luce 1960s Original Italian Design
By Joe Colombo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Fresnel wall sconce blu Joe Colombo for Luce 1960s original Italian design.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal
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...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Fabric, Wood
Joe Colombo Inside and Outside Wall and Ceiling Lamp 'Fresnel' Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp 'Fresnel' designed by Joe Colombo in 1966.
Inside and outside wall ceiling lamp giving direct and diffused light. Lacquered aluminium support and Fresnel lens diffuser. Ma...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Aluminum
Joe Colombo 'Supercomfort' Armchair for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Supercomfort' Armchair for B-Line. Designed in 1964. New, current production.
The Supercomfort armchair designed by Joe Colombo is the result of a meticulous ergonomi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Leather, Oak
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' designed 1970 in Red for B-Line
Multichair is a convertible system consisting of two individual elements that can easily turn into a conversation/relaxation...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Fabric
Joe Colombo Mini Coupe Table Lamp by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table Lamp model Mini Coupe designed by Joe Colombo.
Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium.
Manufact...
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
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 range of different drinking glasses. S...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Glass
Blue Ashtray "Biglia" Design Joe Colombo for Arnoldo Di Cambio, 1970s
By Arnolfo di Cambio, Joe Colombo
Located in taranto, IT
"biglia" ashtray produced by Arnolfo di Cambio to a design by Joe Colombo, 1970s
It measures 10 cm in diameter by 7.5 cm in height, in perfect storage conditions
exactly the on...
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1970s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Glass
Red vintage Spider Wall Lamp by Joe Colombo for O-Luce 1965s
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in The Hague, NL
Spider wall lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce, Italy 1965. The lamp is adjustable in height and to the sides. Overall very good condition with minor sings of use.
Winner of th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal
1970s Ritz Italora Original Table Clock by Joe Colombo Optic Art
By Joe Colombo
Located in Biella, IT
Ritz Italora rare original table clock first edit by Joe Colombo design years 1970 optic art.
Materialis plastic and metal particular and mecanism.
...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Plastic
Golden Limited Edition Elda Chair by Joe Colombo for Longhi Italy no. 8/20
By Joe Colombo, Longhi
Located in Budapest, HU
LONGHI celebrated the Elda chair's 60th anniversary by creating a limited edition golden chair based on Joe Colombo’s original ELDA design.
The chair was on...
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2010s Italian Space Age Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal
Coupe Floor Lamp Designed by Joe Colombo, Italy, 1967
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Hamburg, PA
A designer Mid-Century Modern Coupe Floor Lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1967 Italy. This adjustable iconic floor lamp is made of lacquered metal. It would look great in any...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal
Space Age White Plastic Vintage Storage Trolley Container Joe Colombo 1970 Italy
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage storage trolley container boy from plastic in white color by
Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast 1970s Italy.
Iconic white vintage ...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Plastic
Set of Two Joe Colombo 'Domo' Brass Table Lamps 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 core ...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Armchair Model 4801 by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1960s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Armchair Model 4801 by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1960s.
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Joe Colombo ROLL chiars for Sormani Italy 1960s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Padova, IT
A pair of very rare an Space Age icons chairs designed by Joe Colombo Roll and produced in Italy by Sormani from 1962 to 1964. Burnished iron frame an...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Joe Colombo Furniture
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Iron
Joe Colombo 'Elda' Lounge Chair, White Leather and Fibreglass, by Comfort, Italy
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
The Elda Chair was designed by Joe Colombo in 1965 and named after his wife. He conceived the idea of making a chair frame from fibreglass after visiting a boatyard. At the height of...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Leather, Fiberglass
Joe Colombo Table Lamp 'Coupé' White by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp 'Coupé' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium.
Manufactu...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal, Aluminum
set of 6 chairs "Universal" Kartel designed by Joe Colombo - 1967
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, MI
Kartell's 4867 are chairs designed by Joe Colombo in the late 1960s. From the space age flavor have numerous design tricks such as the leg cylinder cut in half to make them fit snug...
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Late 20th Century Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Domo Table lamp by Joe Colombo, 1965
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Domo Table Lamp by Joe Colombo, 1965
The Domo lamp was originally designed by Italian designer Joe Colombo in 1965. Back then he designed three lamps ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
Italian midcentury pair of Spider wall lamps by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal
Bobby Cart by Gio Colombo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Roma, IT
Bobby cart is an original decorative object realized by Gio Colombo during the 1970s.
Designed by Joe Colombo for B-line, this cart has structure and drawe...
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1970s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
20th Century Italian "Elda" Black Leather Chair By Joe Colombo c.1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
One of the most iconic design pieces of the 20th century, the Elda chair was designed by Joe Colombo in 1963. Utilising innovative manufacturing techniques, Colombo created this fibr...
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20th Century Italian Other Joe Colombo Furniture
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Leather, Fiberglass
Joe Colombo Wall Lamp 'Colombo' Anodic Bronze by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp 'Coupé' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Wall lamp with chromium-plated stem, wall fixings lacquered and height adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufactured by...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Domo Floor lamp by Joe Colombo, 1965
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Domo Floor Lamp by Joe Colombo, 1965
The Domo lamp was originally designed by Italian designer Joe Colombo in 1965. Back then he designed three lamps ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Steel
Spider Table Lamp Joe Colombo 1960s White Metal Original Old
By Joe Colombo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Spider Table Lamp Joe Colombo 1960s White Metal Original Old.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Red
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Red.
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
Joe Colombo Plywood 4801 Lounge Chair No 42, Kartell, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Echt, NL
Early 4801 Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo in very good condition
Number 42
This chair is formed from 3 pieces of plywood which lock together without a...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Plywood
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
Materials
Glass
Joe Colombo for Stilnovo "Topo" Table Lamp, Italy 1970s
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Naples, IT
The "Topo" table lamp, originally designed by Joe Colombo in 1970, has long been recognized as an iconic and timeless design. The shape of the reflector mirrors that of a standard bu...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Italian Modern Bowl Ashtray Biglia by Joe Colombo for Arnolfo di Cambio, 1970s
By Arnolfo di Cambio, Joe Colombo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Bowl Ashtray Biglia by Joe Colombo for Arnolfo di Cambio, 1970s
Ashtray mod. Biglia in violet-blue alexandrite. The semi-round shaped bowl features thick glass.
Prod...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Glass
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...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Joe Colombo Wall Lamp 'The Globe' Blown Glass Satin Gold by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp 'The Globe' designed by Joe Colombo in 1964.
Wall lamp giving direct and diffused light in transparent blown glass. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The Globe is a lamp which...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Post modern plastic storage Boby trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast. designed in 1968. Iconic design, Logo and signature present.
features several storage compartments a...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Spider' Marble and Metal by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
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. Manufact...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Vintage "Boby" Trolley by Joe Colombo
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Colombo’s designs captured the seductive spirit and breakneck speed of technological advancement in the West after World War II and advocated for the deployment of advanced techniqu...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Italian modern black plastic storage trolley Boby Joe Colombo Bieffeplast, 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern black plastic storage trolley Boby Joe Colombo Bieffeplast, 1970s
Storage cart mod. Boby in black plastic. The trolley has a rectangular base, has many compartments, w...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo Organizer Cabinet 'Boby Trolley', circa 1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Organizer cabinet designed by Joe Colombo, circa 1960.
Manufactured by Bieffeplast Padova, from Italy.
In original condition, with some visible ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Desserte Joe Colombo "Boby Trolley rouge pour Bieffeplast Italie 1968 Space Age
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in London, England
Fabriqué par Bieffplast Italy, ce rangement Boby imaginés par Joé Colombo est une solution pratique pour touts les pièces de la maison.
Sur roulettes, et grâce à sa polyvalence il a...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
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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Mid-20th Century North American Space Age Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Green
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Articulating Floor Lamp for Stilnovo in Green.
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
Joe Colombo Table Lamp 'Spider' Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp 'Spider' designed by Joe Colombo in 1965.
Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium.
Manufa...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' Outdoor Wall Lamps in Grey for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' outdoor wall lamps in grey for Oluce.
Executed in lacquered aluminum and glass, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midce...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Boby white trolley, Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
he 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 cart...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Kartell Joe Colombo Chair in Crystal by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A true symbol of Sixties design, famous also for being the only piece by Kartell made entirely of wood. Contemporary technology has made it possible to create the same product using ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
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
Materials
Glass
Vintage Ashtray by Joe Colombo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Vintage ashtray by Joe Colombo, Made in Italy, 1970s.
Ashtrays / Empties by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo. Gray and chocolate brown color.
Design object suitable for furnishing study/m...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Set of Five Joe Colombo '5-in-1' Glass Vases by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Five Joe Colombo '5-in-1' glass vases by Karakter
Italian industrial designer Joe Colombo pursued a career in painting and sculpture before he transitioned to design in the 1950s. In even the most functional homeware pieces, Colombo’s artistic background shines through in the sculptural silhouettes he creates.
Such is the case with 5-in-1, a set of mouth-blown glasses that neatly intertwine. Featuring five pieces – originally intended as a cognac class, a white wine glass, a red wine glass, a grappa...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Glass
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 2 Drawers in Red 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 'Minitopo' Table Lamp in Chrome for Stilnovo
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo 'Minitopo' table lamp in chrome for Stilnovo
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury era, pro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Italian Set of Four Dining Chairs in the Style of Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian set of four mahogany dining chairs in the style of Joe Colombo with original velvet fabric, 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
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
1969 Joe Colombo Red Spider Table Lamp Oluce Milan
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1960s Model 293 Spider table lamp designer Joe Colombo Italy
award winning design desk lamp arched metal stem fixed with an adjustable ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Chrome
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
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' in Orange 'Sprinkles Kvadrat' for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' in orange 'Sprinkles Kvadrat' for B-Line
Multichair is a convertible system consisting of two individual elements that can easily turn into a conversation/r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Joe Colombo Wall Lamp 'The Globe' Blown Glass Satin Gold by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp 'The Globe' designed by Joe Colombo in 1964.
Wall lamp giving direct and diffused light in transparent blown glass. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The Globe is a lamp which...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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 range of different drinking glasses....
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
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Joe Colombo furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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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