Joe Colombo Lighting
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
Joe Colombo Wall Lamp 'The Globe' Transparent Blown Glass by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
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 wh...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
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Nickel
$994 Sale Price / item
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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 Lighting
Materials
Steel
Joe Colombo Model #3320/R 'Coupé' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #3320/R 'Coupé' floor lamp in black for Oluce.
Comprising a lacquered metal base, adjustable chrome stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and a defining icon for Colombo. The dome can be rotated up/down and right/left. Originally designed in 1967, 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. 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 white or black. The Coupé is also available as the smaller Mini Coupé ‘Model 2201’ table lamp, a larger 'Model 2202' table lamp, a straight floor lamp 'Model 3321,' or a pivoting wall...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
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Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
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 Lighting
Materials
Steel
Set of Two Joe Colombo 'Domo' Steel 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 la...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Steel
$1,547 Sale Price / item
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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 Lighting
Materials
Steel
$468 Sale Price / item
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Joe Colombo Wall Lamp 'The Globe' Transparent Blown Glass by Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
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 wh...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Nickel
$994 Sale Price / item
25% Off
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 Lighting
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Metal
$906 Sale Price / item
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Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' Outdoor Wall Lamps in White for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Joe Colombo 'Fresnel' outdoor wall lamps in white for Oluce.
Executed in lacquered aluminum and glass, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and an icon for Colombo. Originally designed in 1966, this authorized re-edition is still made by Oluce in Italy using many of the original manufacturing techniques with scrupulous attention to detail, materials and craftsmanship.
'Fresnel' is a lamp that was created to be one of those perfect objects, incapable of being improved any further; it has not only withstood the test of time, but been designed by it. This iconic wall lamp makes essentiality and practicality synonyms of elegance.
Different versions of the Fresnel have been designed over time: wall / ceiling lamps for both indoor and outdoor use as well as a floor lamp, only for outdoor use. Also available with an integrated LED, please inquire for additional details.
Price is per pair. Four lamps in Los Angeles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
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Aluminum
Joe Colombo Set of Two Suspension Lamps 'The Globe' Gold by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'The Globe' designed by Joe Colombo in 1964.
Suspension lamp giving direct and diffused light in transparent blown glass. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The globe ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal
$3,183 Sale Price / set
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Joe Colombo 'Domo' Steel 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 Lighting
Materials
Steel
$778 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Joe Colombo 'Domo' Steel 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 Lighting
Materials
Steel
$778 Sale Price / item
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Joe Colombo Nickel-Plated Table Lamp 'The Globe' by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp "The Globe" designed by Victor Vaisilev in 1964.
Table lamp giving direct and diffused light in trasparent blown glass. Metal base and structure.
Manufactured by Oluce, ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
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Metal
$1,206 Sale Price / item
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White Flash Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s
By O-Luce, Joe Colombo
Located in Rotterdam, NL
White table lamp model Flash designed by Joe Colombo for O-Luce reflects the innovative spirit of its creator. It was inspired by the flash lights used for photo cameras.
The heavy ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
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Metal
Coupe Wall Lamp '1159 R' by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coupe wall lamp (1159R) designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. This iconic design from 1967 still is a beautiful addition to any room. An adjustable hemispherical reflector diffuses the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
$4,340 / item
Joe Colombo ''Spider'' table lamp for Oluce, 1960s
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Quarrata, IT
Iconic ''Spider'' table lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce in 1965. This version features a lacquered white metal reflector, chrome stem , and cast iron base, maintenenig the cle...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
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Metal, Steel
Coupe Floor Lamp '3320/R' by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coupe floor lamp (3320/R) designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. The Coupe series of lamps is considered as a variation of the spider lamps. The simplisti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$7,112 / item
Joe Colombo Midcentury American Modern "Light Bulb" Floor Lamp
By Joe Colombo
Located in Queens, NY
Midcentury American Modern (1960s) \"Light Bulb\" design floor lamp comprised of two white glass sections with a silver metal joining band. (Joe Colombo).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
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Metal
Acrilica Portoro Marble Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Originally designed in 1962 by Joe and Gianni Colombo, the 281 model dubbed, the Acrilica Table Lamp from Oluce was so aptly named for its conspicuousness and exceptional innovation ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Lighting
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Marble
Acrilica 281 by Gianni & Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Vienna, AT
The Oluce Acrilica 281 is a table lamp, with a transparent, wavy diffuser fixed laterally on a steel base. It was created in 1962 and designed by Gianni a...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
$3,490 / item
4 Triedro Appliques, Joe Colombo for Stilnovo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Triedro, a 1970 design by Joe Colombo, evokes the stage lamps of photographic sets. The lampshade is made of shaped metal and bent into three parts so that it reflects light without ...
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1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
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Metal
Joe Colombo Model #2201 'Mini Coupé' Table Lamp in Scarlet Red for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo model #2201 'Mini Coupé' table lamp in scarlet red for Oluce.
Executed in red enameled metal and chrome, this table lamp is a smaller-scale version of one of the most r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Joe Colombo Model #2201 "Mini Coupé" Table Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #2201 'Mini Coupé' table lamp in black for Oluce.
Executed in black enameled metal and chrome, this table lamp is a smaller-scale version of one of the most refin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Joe Colombo Coupé 3320 Floor Lamp by Oluce, Black
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic "Coupé 3320 R" adjustable black arch floor lamp designed by Joe Colombo in 1967. This vintage modern original by Oluce is made in Italy and features a weighted black base and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Metal
Joe Colombo Model #2202 'Coupé' Table Lamp in Scarlet for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo Model #2202 'Coupé' table lamp in scarlet red 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Joe Colombo 'Riscio' Table Lamp by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Berlin, DE
One lamp (in white) is in stock, more (and other colors) are available on order.
Prolific Italian architect and designer Joe Colombo, born Cesare Colombo, believed in democratic an...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Steel
$742 / item
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 Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Joe Colombo 'Domo' Steel Table Lamp by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Berlin, DE
Table lamp designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. The diameter given applies to the base. The shade measures 11cm (width) and 20cm (length). The lamp measures 52.5 cm in width. Available in a brass or black lacquered finish.
Technical information:
Voltage: 230V / 110V
Socket: E27 / E26
Max wattage: 230V: Max E27 Globe 28W / 110V: Max E26 Globe 40W
Cord: 2m black PVC cord...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
$1,167 / item
Joe Colombo ''Spider'' floor lamp for Oluce, 1960s, set di 2
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Quarrata, IT
Iconic ''Spider'' floor lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce in 1965. This versione features a lacquered white metal reflector, chrome stem , and cast iron base, maintenenig the cl...
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Steel
Lamp 281 Acrilica by Joe Colombo for Opus, 1962
By Joe Colombo
Located in MONTESSON, FR
The 281 Acrilica lamp is designed by Joe Colombo for Opus. The diffuser is in Perspex and the base in metal. In 1964, it won the gold medal at the Milan Triennale. This luminaire is ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal
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 Lighting
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 Lighting
Materials
Metal, Steel
Colombo Ceiling Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colombo suspension lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. The visionary and futuristic designer Joe Colombo designed the Colombo lamp in 1970, o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
$2,536 / item
Globe Suspension Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Globe suspension lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. This lamp is a spherical blown glass body with a cylindrical nickel reflector. The suspension cable of the lamp can be adjust...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Nickel
$1,810 / item
Coupe Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coupe table lamp designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. The Coupé series was initially conceived as a variation of the Spider family the smart yet simple mechanism that attaches the stem...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
$1,843 / item
Spider Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The spider table lamp by designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. This lamp with stove-enameled sheet metal reflector is purposely designed to take a special horizontal spotlight bulb. A p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
$1,722 / item
Set of Three Domo Table lamps by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Domo Table Lamp by Joe Colombo
The Domo lamp was originally designed by Italian designer Joe Colombo in 1965. Back then he designed three lamps based on the same core shape. Known f...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Steel
$2,015 Sale Price / item
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Domo Table lamp by Joe Colombo
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 Lighting
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Steel
$671 Sale Price / item
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Mid-Century Modern Italian Lamp Acrilica by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
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 Lighting
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Steel
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
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Metal
Pair of 'Flash' Model 2207 Table Lamps by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo
Located in London, London
Pair of 'Flash' Model 2207 Table Lamps by Joe Colombo for O-Luce
A boldly sculptural pair of ‘Flash’ model 2207 table lamps designed by Joe Colombo for O-Luce in the late 1960s. The...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
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Metal
Italian modern Adjustable wall lamp Coupé 1159 by Joe Colombo for O-Luce, 1970s
By O-Luce, Joe Colombo
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 Lighting
Materials
Metal, Steel
Kartell KD29 Desk Light Joe Colombo circa 1970 Purple
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
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...
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1970s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Plastic
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 Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,043 Sale Price / item
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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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal
Chrome Topo Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo, 1970s
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
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 Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$895 Sale Price
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Joe Colombo Floor Lamp 'Coupé 3320' Black by Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Floor lamp 'Coupé 3320' designed by Joe Colombo in 1967.
Floor lamp giving direct light, metal lacquered base and structure, revolving and height adjustable chromium-plated arc, lac...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
$3,978 Sale Price / item
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Joe Colombo 'Domo' Steel 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 Lighting
Materials
Steel
$778 Sale Price / item
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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 Lighting
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Chrome
"Spider" Desk Lamp, Joe Colombo, 1960s
By Joe Colombo
Located in PARIS, FR
"Spider" Desk Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, 1965
The Spider lamp embodies the Space Age design of the 1960s. Featuring a practical clamp and an adjustable shade, it offers optimal ...
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Mid-20th Century Space Age Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Steel
Black Vademecum table lamp by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1960s
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
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....
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Steel
Spider floor lamp by Joe Colombo
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Torino, IT
Spider floor lamp, by Milanese designer JOE COLOMBO, designed for the company O-LUCE.
Winner of the 1967 Golden Compass Award, symbol featured on the lamp.
The lamp is fully functi...
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1960s Italian Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal
$1,310 Sale Price
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Coupé by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mini coupe table lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Current production manufactured in Italy. Chrome, enameled aluminum. Wired for U.S. standards. Li...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
$2,000 / item
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Table Lamp in White and Black with Base for Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Joe Colombo
Located in Glendale, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' table lamp in white and black with base for Stilnovo
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Mi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
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...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Coupe 3321 Floor Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
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 Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Metal
$2,500 / item
Table lamp 885/L Joe Colombo for Oluce, Italy 1970
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Torino, IT
Table lamp 885/L Joe Colombo for Oluce, Italy 1970
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo Model #2202 'Coupé' Table Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Joe Colombo Coupè Floor Lamp in White Lacquered Metal by Oluce 1967 Italy
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Coupè floor lamp with a structure in white lacquered metal, designed by Joe Colombo and manufactured by Oluce in 1967, circa Italy.
Measures: Height: 175 cm
Width: 140 cm
Lampshade diameter 40 cm
Lamp base 30 x 32 cm
Joe Colombo born Cesare Colombo, was an important Italian designer, architect and artist. Renowned for his embrace of modern technologies and for the potential he saw in modular furniture and designs, Colombo created a body of furnishings that spoke to the energy and excitement over the potential of the Space Age.
Colombo was born and raised in Milan. Joe first in a first time decided to pursue an artistic career by enrolling in Milan’s Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera.
But after a couple of years at the Accademia, he transferred to Politecnico di Milano, where he studied architecture and graduated in 1954. During his studies at the Accademia, he befriended artists Sergio Dangelo and Enrico Baj, who had been influential in the creation of the avant-garde Movimento Nucleare, a group whose aim was to transform the art of painting in response to the tensions of the modern nuclear age. Until 1958, Colombo worked mainly as an Abstract Expressionist painter and sculptor and thrived on the Movimiento Nucleare group’s energy and intensity, which fueled in his work a fascination with an almost futurist aesthetic.
In 1959, Joe Colombo’s father died, and he decided to run the family electrical appliance business while experimenting with new manufacturing methods and materials. This new and unexpected experience influenced him to switch from painting to architecture and design, where his fascination with futuristic themes not only remained intact but found a new invigorating venue. In fact, one of his first design projects was a series of installation works made from television sets that were assembled in the form of shrines; the work was exhibited at the 1954 Triennale di Milano. Colombo decided to open his own design studio in Milan in 1962, entering the busiest phase of his career as he designed furniture, lighting, interiors, and glassware.
Also in 1962, Joe and his brother Gianni designed for Oluce the Acrilica lamp...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Joe Colombo Lighting
Materials
Metal
Joe Colombo lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Joe Colombo lighting 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 lighting, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 89 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 133 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original lighting 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 lighting by Vico Magistretti, Stilux, and Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. Prices for Joe Colombo lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $370 and can go as high as $8,105, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,336.
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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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