Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
If you missed out on the exhibition of the same name a couple of years ago, then the book “Joe Colombo – Inventing the Future” is a most have for any fans of the pioneering designer. This beautiful hardback book...
Jenn Ski (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Found via Apartment Therapy "Fans of modern design who lived in Boston in the 70's will fondly remember the revolutionary Design Research store in Harvard Square. In fact, the floor-to-ceiling glass building that Crate & Barrel just vacated was originally designed and built for "D/R" — the store that introduced modern designs by Marimekko, Hans Wegner, Alvar Aalto, Joe Columbo...
Phones Review (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
It would appear that a Joe-Colombo inspired home phone is on its way to the United Kingdom and is known as the Colombo One home phone is a somewhat sleekly designed handset considering its inspiration reports an article over on techdigest. This white home phone stands vertical on its white panel base with a decidedly retro [...]
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Remember the Colombo phone? Of course you do, but you might not have realised it was officially the Colombo Two, with another Joe Colombo-inspired handset appearing in the first press shots, but never actually appearing in the stores. Well, the...
core77.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Designer Matthias Demacker's origami-esque Icon bar stool doesn't fold, though it does stack. The all-aluminum stool is covered in no-scratch paint to prevent marring during nesting and is currently in production by Italy's B-Line, which also manufactures a bunch of Joe Colombo's stuff; check out their line-up here . (more...)
Assistant Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The following is one of many interesting design projects I looked at while at an Engineering conference in Budapest recently. The design, by Joe Columbo, makes use of negative space to design the 'Smoke glass'. joe colombo - ‘smoke glass’, 1964 the sculptural shape of this unusual glass speaks for itself. its unique stem invites you to grasp the form. the name of the design was born from...
ouno (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
I would be so happy to see any one of these things when I walked in my front door, but all five would be a comfortable homemade space station where we’d live in some sort of harmony and wear space rags. Space capsule by unknown; lounge by Joe Colombo; driftwood root from the Pacific; Gabriella [...]
Hapsical (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Been having a good time in Munich. It's not somewhere we love as much as, say, Copenhagen or Stockholm, and the fashion thing is not that big (aside from the numerous designer boutiques, which largely cater for the wealthy Arab tourists who descend en masse on the city in the summer to escape the heat in the gulf and to shop for BMWs and Dior), but it's a very interesting place nonetheless, and a city...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
The Italian American Civil Rights League was satrted by crime boss Joe Colombo to bring to the public that the FBI was unfairly targeting all Italian Americans as being involved with the phenomena that is known as the American Mafia.
Apartment Therapy (Free subscription) | 05/26/2009
Hi Apartment Therapy, I wonder if anyone can identify this Joe Colombo like lamp seen on Door Sixteen? Nice shade and counterweight. Thanks! Sara (Note: Include a pic of your problem and your quest
My Urban Garden Deco Guide (Free subscription) | 05/15/2009
Italian kitchen and bath specialists, Boffi, are re-releasing Joe Colombo's 1964 Minikitchen. The wheeled kitchen features a mini fridge, two burners, outlets for appliances, a cutting board, and multiple storage compartments. Works in or outdoors....
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 04/27/2009
We've never seen this Office Desk by Joe Colombo previously - but bizarrely, we've spotted two variations online in the last day. The one above is being sold by a US retailer (Sebastian and Barquet) and shows the 60s-designed desk...
Geek Gaz Blog (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
This 2-Section Boby Trolley was originally designed by award-winning, internationally renowned designer Joe Colombo in the 1960s. After 40 years, the design still remains it popularity and influences. This trolley features a side of three open sections for storage, as well as one shelf, and six swing out drawers. Not only the design is stylish, it [...]
Apartment Therapy (Free subscription) | 02/12/2009
click thumbnails for larger pics Hi Maxwell and team: I have the Joe Colombo 'Universale' Chair from Kartell. It is not in the best condition, and I am wondering how to best clean it or refinish it.
Bernard Perroud (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
Do you like spoons? Just found the collection of airline spoons. Diatr has them all on Flickr. Alitalia 9. Italy, designed by Joe Colombo and Ambrogio Pozzi for Alitalia first class. American airlines 14. USA, wooden spoon with the 1950's logo on the front. 13 cm.
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