Joe Colombo is the first catalogue raisonné of the Italian designer's complete work, documenting around 180 projects — from the iconic Tube Chair and Boby trolley to lesser-known historical commissions — across 400 pages of scholarly depth.
About This Book
Joe Colombo occupies a singular position in twentieth-century Italian design: a designer who pursued "total design" with rare consistency, conceiving objects, furniture, and lighting as integrated systems rather than isolated artefacts. This volume, part of Silvana Editoriale's series on Italian design masters, is the definitive scholarly record of his output. Approximately 180 projects are catalogued and divided between works still in production — among them the Spider lamp and Monoblocs — and historical works that have shaped how designers understand modularity and domestic space. For researchers, collectors, and practitioners engaged with postwar Italian design, this is an indispensable primary reference.
Key Features
- 400 pages documenting approximately 180 projects, spanning production works and historical pieces
- Published by Silvana Editoriale
What You'll Discover
- The full scope of Colombo's "total design" philosophy, traced across furniture, lighting, and domestic systems
- A catalogue division between works still in production and historical projects, providing context for Colombo's lasting industrial influence
- Detailed documentation of canonical pieces including the Tube Chair, Spider lamp, Monoblocs, and Boby trolley
- How Colombo's modular and systems-based thinking anticipated directions that would define late twentieth-century product and interior design
About the Author
[Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 400
- Dimensions: 250 x 280 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9788836646333
- Publisher: Silvana Editoriale
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Design historians, collectors of Italian modernism, architects and product designers with an interest in postwar systems thinking, and anyone researching the canon of twentieth-century Italian design.