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 furniture, lighting and 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. 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. As you see on 1stDibs, 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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Period: 20th Century
Creator: Joe Colombo
Arnolfo di Cambio Cigar / Cigarette Box by Joe Colombo in Years '68 Bilia Series
By Joe Colombo
Located in Biella, IT
Arnolfo di Cambio cigar/cigarette box by Joe Colombo in years '68 bilia series.
Glass perfect condition and silver plate with light fading.
Measure large 8 inches x deep 5" x...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy, 1960s
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Lasne, BE
Swivel armchair in red leather and white shell. Seat height 40cm. Wear due to time and age.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
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.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Joe Colombo Black Boby Trolley Cart
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Trolley cart by Joe Colombo c.1970s, Italy. This unique plastic cart has three shallow swivel drawers and two shelves. The opposite side of the cart has t...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
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
Original Joe Colombo Universale Chair by Beylerian LTD for Kartell, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell, Beylerian LTD
Located in Miami, FL
Original Universale chair rendered in polycarbonate designed by Joe Colombo for Kartell, Italy, and manufactured by Beylerian LTD, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo ‘Elda’ Lounge Chair in Cognac Leather and Black Fiberglass
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair model ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, design 1963, later production.
The ‘Elda’ chair is one of the most well-known designs of Italian desi...
Category
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
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.
...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Iconic Joe Colombo 'Tube Chair' in Yellow Upholstery
By Joe Colombo, Flexform
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Flexform, 'Tube' chair, pvc, foam, fabric, United States, 1969.
This lounge chair by Joe Colombo is designed by means of combining four hollow cylinders. This armcha...
Category
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Foam, PVC
Black Vademecum table lamp by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Black Vademecum (model 4034) table lamp, designed by Joe Colombo in 1968 and manufactured by Kartell.
The Vademecum lamp is made of a plastic base and a stainless steel arm / shade....
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
Joe Colombo Universale Plastic Chair for Kartell White Italy Vintage Space Age
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Alsdorf, NW
Nice set of two chairs by Joe Columbo. Manufactured by Kartell.
The Universale chair is one of the first molded plastic chairs created.
The ch...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Bieffeplast Boby Joe Service Trolley ABS, Italy, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
Office service trolley with compartments and pull-out drawers; Plastic material, ABS.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast Boby Trolley
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
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 stru...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Elda Chair in Grey Leather and Black Shell by Joe Colombo, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Stylish color combination on this vintage Elda chair.
Still 100% original.
Great patinated grey leather with a black fiberglass shell.
This iconic “Elda” armchair was designed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather
Superb Acrilica Lamp by Joe Colombo Very Rare US Version
By Joe Colombo
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Superb Acrilica lamp by Joe Colombo
Very rare US version with its original transformer
Oluce edition
The Acrilica 281 table lamp was designed in 1962...
Category
1960s Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass
Joe Colombo Tube Chair for Flexform 1969 / Milan, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in PARIS, FR
Italian architect and designer Joe Colombo responded to the changing social conditions of the 1960s by radically reinventing furniture forms and creating innovative interior environm...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Yellow Boby Cart by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast 70s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Padova, IT
Iconic Boby cart in very rare yellow color designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast 1970s .
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was de...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
1967 Joe Colombo Early Edition of '' Coupé '' Table Lamp , Italy
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni, Joe Colombo
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
1967 Early 2202 model ''Coupe'' table lamp by Joe Colombo for Guiseppe Ostuni owner of Oluce .
Classsic slitted shade in an flamboyant yellow glossy finish .
Well made with...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Iconic Joe Colombo Elda Armchair, Italian Space Age, White Leather
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
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...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Lampadaire Noir Laqué “Spider 3319”, Conçu Par Joe Colombo Pour Oluce, 1967
By Joe Colombo
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Le modèle “Spider 3319” est le lauréat du prestigieux Compasso d’Oro dans les années 1960. Il doit son nom d’ “araignée” grâce à son luminaire réglable en tous sens.
En métal noir...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo Joe Colombo Desk or Task Lamp
By Joe Colombo
Located in Montréal, QC
Iconic Joe Colombo for Stilnovo desk/task lamp. Includes both clamp and table base. 60 watts E-26 Edison medium base incandescent bulb recommended or higher if.
Comes with both clam...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel, Steel
Vintage iconic Joe Colombo Elda armchair, Italian Space Age 1960s, Black Leather
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
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...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Italian Modern Red Wood Armchair Mod. 4801 by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern red wood Armchair mod. 4801 by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s.
Armchair mod. 4801 with structure made up of different interlocking parts, in red-bordeaux painted wood. The semi-oval seat and the oval backrest are padded and covered in black faux leather. These are fixed directly to the structure.
Produced by Kartell in 1970s and designed by Joe Colombo in the early part of 1960s.
Good conditions. The wooden structure has some signs of use.
Measurements in cm 72 x 74 x 59 41 H seat.
Considered as a highly sought-after rare gem at modern art auctions in the early and mid-20th century, it is part of the collections of the largest museums in the world: the MOMA in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Center Pompidou in Paris. Originally, the 4801 armchair...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Elda Chair by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed by Joe Colombo in 1965 (and named for his wife), the iconic Elda Chair marries a powerful Space Age frame of fiberglass with deep channeled cushion...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass, Upholstery
Joe Colombo Italian Wicker and Bright Orange Upholstery Lounge Armchair
By Joe Colombo
Located in New York, NY
Italian mid-century lounge / armchair with a small woven wicker form with large cylindrical bright orange cushions, resting on a wicker pedestal base. (Joe...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wicker, Wood
Mobile Design Boby Progettato Da Joe Colombo Per Bieffe Negli Anni 1970 Nero
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, MI
Mobili Boby Joe colombo
Descrizione:
Mobile progettato da designer italiano Joe colombo nella seconda metà del XX secolo di colore nero, questo immobile è stato progettato dal de...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Elda Chair in Black Leather & Red Shell by Joe Colombo for Comfort Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Stunning vintage ELDA chair in this extremely rare combination : black, rich patinated leather and a red fiberglass shell.
This iconic “Elda” armchair was designed in Italy by Joe Colombo ( 1930 - 1971 ) in 1963 and was considered very futuristic for its time. The seat, back and arms are covered in padded black leather
Joe Colombo, one of the most innovative Italian furniture designers of his generation, named the chair after his wife Elda and can be found in the collections of, amongst others, The Museum of Modern Art New York and The Louvre Paris.
It is such an iconic chair it has been used in several movies including The Hunger Games, Space 1999...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Leather
Coupe 1158 wall lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce Italy 1967
By Joe Colombo
Located in PARIS, FR
The Coupe 1158 wall lamp was designed by the Italian designer Joe Colombo in 1967 for Oluce. The lamp is part of the Coupe series, which was developed as a complement to the Spider l...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
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 ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Flash Desk Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Lasne, BE
White metal lamp. Adjustable in height, length and swivel. Wear and tear due to time and age of the lamp.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Flash Table Lamp Model 2207 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s
By O-Luce, Joe Colombo
Located in Rotterdam, NL
The Flash table lamp model 2207 designed by Joe Colombo for O-Luce reflects the innovative spirit of its creator.
Flash was designed as a well thought-o...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo, Spider, Table Lamp, Oluce, 1960s
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Paris, FR
Joe Colombo (1930-1971)
Model 293, Spider
A table lamp with an arched metal stem fixed with an adjustable clamp, with a rectangular red lacquer shade.
Manufactured by Oluce, ...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Wall Light Fresnel Joe Colombo for Oluce Midcentury White Exsterior Lighting
By Joe Colombo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Fresnel Joe Colombo for oluce midcentury Italia design white Exsterior lighting.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Modern Adjustable Floor Lamp Alogena 626L by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1970
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Adjustable floor lamp mod. Alogena 626L by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1970s
Adjustable floor lamp mod. Alogena 626 with round base in black painted metal. The central str...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
Joe Colombo Coupe Floor Lamp Oluce Production, 1967, Italy
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coupè floor lamp, designed by Joe Colombo with a structure in lacquered metal. Oluce production, 1967, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo Pair of Mini Flash Table Lamps for O-Luce, Italy 1970s
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of Joe Colombo mini flash table lamp for O-Luce, Italy 1970s.
Both lamps carry the original Oluce label.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Birillo Stools by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of 2 Birillo stools designed by Joe Colombo for Zanotta. Red leather and steel these are beautiful pieces.
Very good condition, wear consistent w...
Category
20th Century Italian Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
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 bottom and lollipop styled seat back in white vinyl . ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
Fresnel Wall Sconce Orange Joe Colombo for Luce 1960s Original Italian Design
By Joe Colombo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Fresnel wall sconce orange Joe Colombo for luce 1960s original Italian design.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Kartell KD29 Desk Light Joe Colombo circa 1970 Purple
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Pymble, NSW
Classic Space Age designed table lamp by Joe Colombo for Kartell and licensed manufactured by Advance Industries, Australia.
The KD29 table lamp is made entir...
Category
1970s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo italian midcentury floor lamp 70's.
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in bari, IT
Floor lamp with direct light. Telescopic stem and base in white chromed metal designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce in the early 70s.
Joe Colombo was born in Milan in 1930, a Milanese designer and architect, the son of an industrialist. After attending the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the Milan Polytechnic, Joe Colombo worked in the fields of painting, architecture, graphic design and industrial management.In the early 1950s he joined the nuclear painting...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Tubular Chair after Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Postmodern lounge chair made by an anonymous creator in the style of Joe Colombo's radical Tube Chair. Its playful silhouette is made up of four cylinders of varying sizes are fixed ...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Faux Leather
Space Age White Plastic Vintage Storage Trolley Container Joe Colombo 1970 Italy
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
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 ...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Mid Century Adjustable Metal Spider Floor Lamp in White for Oluce
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Mid-Century Modern adjustable metal spider floor lamp in white and chrome designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce in Italy, circa 1960’s. Colombo studied art at Milan’s Brera Academy and joined the Nuclear Painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1970s Joe Colombo Floor Lamp, Made in Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milan, IT
1970s Joe Colombo floor lamp. Made in Italy.
Category
1970s European Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Plexiglass White Table Lamp Model ''Acrilica" by Joe Colombo, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century plexiglass white table lamp Model ''Acrilica" by Joe Colombo - Italy 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass
Brown 'Boby' trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy 1970's
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. A very handy trolley made of ABS plastic. It has many storage options such as the fold-out shelves...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
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.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Spider Pendant by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“Spider” pendant by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1965. Enameled metal, chrome. Rewired for US standards. Bulb(s) no...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Nickel
Space Age Vintage Black Plastic Three Dining Chair Joe Colombo 1967 Italy
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Swivel "Elda" Italian 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 reupholstered with ivory Dedar bouclé fabric which make it very unique....
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Bouclé, Fiberglass
Italian Space Age Fabric Aluminum Armchairs by Joe Colombo for Sormani, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian space age Fabric and aluminum Armchairs by Joe Colombo for Sormani, 1970s
Pair of armchairs made up of rectangular modules with rounded edges of different sizes, placed side by side. These are padded and upholstered in orange / salmon pink fabric. The modular structure is in aluminum. Also be used as a two-seater sofa.
Produced by Sormani in 1970s and designed by Joe Colombo. Mark on the structure. The are part of the Additional System...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
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...
Category
1970s European Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Italian Design Spider Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Renens, CH
Vintage reading lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce, Italy, 1965.
This mid-century modern design classic is an original version from the 196...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo Italian Mid-Century Wicker Orange Upholstery Lounge Armchair
By Joe Colombo
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century lounge / armchair with a small woven wicker form with large cylindrical bright orange cushions, resting on a wicker pedestal base. (JOE...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Wicker
Joe Colombo ''Boby 3'' Italian Portable Storage System for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Spider Pendant by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“Spider” Pendant by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1965. Enameled metal, chrome. Rewired for US standards. Bulb(s) no...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian 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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