Joe Cesare Colombo
Joe Colombo, actually Cesare Colombo, ( born July 30, 1930 in Milan, † July 30, 1971 ) was an Italian architect and industrial designer.
Colombo studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. In the 1950s, he belonged to the " Movimento Nucleare ". In 1954, he hosted the exhibition of ceramics X. Triennale in Milan. He graduated in architecture at the Polytechnic in Milan in 1962 and opened a design studio. Colombo quickly became one of the most famous Italian designers in the 1960s. As early as 1969 some of his objects were on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art. Colombo's theory of life in the future influenced his futuristic furniture designs, their practical benefits always stood in the foreground. Accordingly, Colombo understood as a designer of the device of the future. His preferred material was plastic.
In the 1960s, Colombo designed a variety of everyday objects and pieces of furniture whose design often " retro" wave as a quotation appeared since the 1990s and again during the. The utopia of the design by Joe Colombo addresses many of the hopes that prevailed in the 60s in Italy and Europe, without getting arrested too strong ideological barriers. His so-called " dynamic pieces of furniture " were multi-purpose furniture or " machines for living " that should unite all the required functions in it and be able to adapt to the specific architectural conditions. The former car dealer Colombo dealt same time also to the subject automobile. He died on his 41st birthday unexpectedly of heart failure.
Known designs
- Mini - Kitchen (compact kitchen ), 1963
- Smoke ( glass ), 1964
- Elda ( chair ), 1964
- Spider ( lamp ), 1968
- Universal ( chair ), 1965
- Boby ( trolley ), 1970
- Optic ( Alarm Clock ), 1970