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
Mid-Century Modern Italian Lamp Acrilica by Joe Colombo
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Joe Colombo, a table lamp, model Acrilica 281 for O-Luce. Joe Colombo, a table lamp, model Acrilica 281 for O-Luce. Designed in 1962, Gold Medal XIII Trie...
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Steel
Mid century Modern Floor Lamp Coupé 3320/R Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Weesp, NL
Mid century modern navy blue and chrome floor lamp.
Adjustable, arched Coupé floor lamp with semi-spherical stove lacquered aluminium reflector, chrome armature, and lacquered metal...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Joe Colombo Chair 300 for Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joe Colombo Chair 300 for Karakter
Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe Colombo, Chair 300 is a beautiful example of his funct...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Wood
$4,166 Sale Price / item
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Joe Colombo Chair 300 for Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joe Colombo Chair 300 for Karakter
Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe Colombo, Chair 300 is a beautiful example of his funct...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Wood
$2,940 Sale Price / item
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Set of Three Joe Colombo Chairs 300 for Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Three Joe Colombo Chairs 300 for Karakter
Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe Colombo, Chair 300 is a beautiful example of his functional design sensibilit...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Wood
$10,047 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Spider Floor Lamp Model 3319 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp giving direct light. Lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum. Current production originally designed by Joe Colombo for O-Lu...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal, Aluminum
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
$685 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Acrilica Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Acrilica table lamp designed by Marco Zanuso Soto for Oluce. Initially known as the 281 model, created in 1962, and was immediately nicknamed “Acrilica” due to the surprising inn...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
$6,595 / item
Joe Colombo Floor Lamp "Coupe" for Oluce Production 1967, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in The Hague, NL
Adjustable, arched "Coupe" floor lamp with semi-spherical stove lacquered aluminium reflector, chrome armature, and lacquered metal base. Designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Oluc...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 5 Drawers in Tornado Grey 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
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Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size S with 3 Drawers in Tornado Grey 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
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Plastic
Boby storage cabinet with wheels and compartments by Joe Colombo for BieffePlast
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Milano, IT
Famous object trolley designed by Joe Colombo in the 1960s and produced by BIEFFEPLAST. The trolley for sale is dated 1980.
It is in good condition, with small marks due to wear an...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Vademecum Lamp in Red
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Scarce Vademecum table lamp, model 4034, designed Joe Colombo for Kartell. The forward-thinking design is intended to be versatile and portable, with a name in Latin that translates ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Chrome
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.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass
Colombo 885 ceiling lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1970s.
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Athens, Attiki
In 1970, the “Colombo”, named after its designer, the great Joe Colombo, was the first domestic light with a halogen light bulb and its design came in response to the invention of th...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Italian modern Adjustable wall lamp Coupé 1159 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, O-Luce
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Adjustable wall lamp Coupé 1159 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s
Wall lamp mod. Coupé 1159 with adjustable dome lampshade in white lacquered metal. Inside the lampshad...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
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...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Brass
$856 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Joe Colombo 'Riscio' Steel Table Lamp by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Joe Colombo in 1968.
With its sleek yet optimistic clarity of form; a light, triangular shade seemingly floating off a weighty cylindric base, Italian desi...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
Joe Colombo 'Riscio' Steel Table Lamp by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Joe Colombo in 1968.
With its sleek yet optimistic clarity of form; a light, triangular shade seemingly floating off a weighty cylindric base, Italian desi...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Steel
White Metal Pendant Light by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo, Italy 1950s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1950s Italian pendant light designed by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo. This pendant features a white metal bell-form shade with two tiers and a subtly raised edge. The simple design has...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Boby 3 Portable Storage System by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1960’s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
Created in 1969, Joe Colombo's renowned "Boby 3" portable storage system, manufactured by Italian company Bieffeplast, ingeniously maximizes space with its swivel design. This compac...
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Mid-20th Century Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Model 222 or flash table lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, Italy 1960s.
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Landgraaf, NL
Model 222 table lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, Italy 1960s. The model 222 is also known as the MiniFlash and designed in 1968. White laquered lamp and base. The round base is refin...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Table lamp "CASCO / 283" by Joe Colombo, 1965 for O-LUCE, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Köln, DE
Ultra rare "Casco / Mod.283" table lamp by Joe Colombo for O-Luce / Milano, designed in 1965.
Also called "calotta", this is a hardly ever appearing table lamp version in excellent c...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal
Joe Colombo Model #2202 'Coupé' Table Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #2202 'Coupé' table lamp in black for Oluce.
Originally designed in 1967, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and an icon for Colombo. A highly adjustable table light, the shade can be rotated up/down and right/left. Executed in a lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem and an adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum, this iconic lamp is still made by Oluce in Italy using many of the original manufacturing techniques with scrupulous attention to detail, materials, and craftsmanship.
The Coupé series was initially conceived as a variation of the Spider family, of which it has kept its base and stem. The simple, ingenious mechanism that connects the stem to the head makes it possible to direct the beam in several directions, by moving the dome up, down, and sideways. In 1968, Coupé won the ”International Design Award” of the American Institute of Interior Designers in Chicago. It is part of the permanent collection at both the MoMA in New York and the ”Neue Sammlung” Museum in Munich.
Price is per item. Available to order in unlimited quantities in choice of scarlet red or black. The Coupé is also available as a smaller Mini Coupé 'Model 2201' table lamp, a wall lamp 'Model 1158...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Coupe 3321 Floor Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Coupe" 3321 floor lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Current production. Lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem. Special semi-cylindrical reflector, tilts and turns on a black plast...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Metal
$2,500 / item
Vintage '300' chairs by Joe Colombo for Pozzi Milano, 1966
By Pozzi, Joe Colombo
Located in Premariacco, IT
Set of four black lacquered wood chairs with gray fabric seat and back, designed by Joe Colombo in 1966 for Pozzi Milano.
Domus 521 on page d/578.
Repertoire 1950-2000 Allemandi on ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Fabric, Wood
Italian modern Adjustable wall lamp Coupé 1159 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, O-Luce
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Adjustable wall lamp Coupé 1159 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s
Wall lamp mod. Coupé 1159 with adjustable dome lampshade in white lacquered metal. Inside the lampshad...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
6 Bicchieri Smoke Joe Colombo per Arnolfo di Cambio altezza 12 cm.
By Arnolfo di Cambio, Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
6 Bicchieri Smoke Joe Colombo per Arnolfo di Cambio
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Glass
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
Flash Desk Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in bruxelles, BE
White metal lamp. Adjustable in height, length and swivel. Wear and tear due to time and age of the lamp.
For shipping, request us for receive the bes...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo 20th Century Pair of Armchairs from the Series “Additional System”
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of armchairs
From the series “Additional System”
Manufactured by Sormani
Italy, 1968
From the archives of Side Gallery Barcelona
Aluminium,...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Lampada da terra Spider di Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Torino, IT
Lampada da terra Spider, del designer milanese JOE COLOMBO, disegnata per la ditta O-LUCE.
Vincitrice del compasso d’oro del 1967, simbolo presente sulla lampada.
La lampada è perf...
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,337 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Vintage Design Stilnovo Topo Desk Lamp by Joe Colombo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Renens, CH
Desk Lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo, Italy. Green enamel shade and arm, marked with the Stilnovo brand on the joints. Lamphood swivels and the arm as a whole.
Measure: Maximum length: 105cm
Excellent condition, wonderful green coloured lamp...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
1960, Very Early Joe Colombo Topo Floor Lamp Designed for Stilnovo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This lamp is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house.
Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
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Metal
Joe Colombo, Table Lamp "2207 Flash", Italy, 1968
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, ES
Joe Colombo (1930-1971)
Table lamp model “2207 Flash”
Manufactured by Oluce
Italy, 1968
Lacquered metal
Measurements
16cm Ø x 31 H cm
6.29in Ø x 12.2 H in
Biography
Jo...
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Furniture
Materials
Metal
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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