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Vintage trolley by Joe Colombo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage 'boby portable storage system' trolley designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Bobby Cart by Joe Colombo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Roma, IT
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Designed by Joe Colombo for B-line, this cart has structure and drawers in injection-moulded ABS plastic
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Black Boby Trolley Cart
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Trolley cart by Joe Colombo c.1970s, Italy. This unique plastic cart has three shallow swivel
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Vintage "Boby" Trolley by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Colombo’s designs captured the seductive spirit and breakneck speed of technological advancement
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Space Age Trolley "Baby" by Joe Colombo Black Modular Storage Cart
By Joe Colombo
Located in Freehold, NJ
This mid century Space Age storage caddy “Boby” by Joe Colombo features plastic construction
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Iconic ROBO Bar Cart Storage Trolley by Joe Colombo, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Elco
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
The Joe Colombo Robo Trolley represents a significant milestone in 1960s Space Age design. This
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Black Boby Trolley Cart on Wheels for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Miami, FL
Black Boby Trolley storage system on four wheels with three swinging drawers designed by Joe
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Mid Century Modern Joe Colombo Iconic Boby Trolley Cart 1970 Bieffeplast Italy
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid Century Iconic Joe Colombo Boby Trolley cart designed by in black color designed by Joe Colombo
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
H 29 in W 17 in D 18 in
Red Boby Trolley, Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
l Carrello Boby rosso, ideato dal celebre designer Joe Colombo e prodotto da Bieffeplast
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Boby white trolley, Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
l Carrello Boby, ideato dal celebre designer Joe Colombo e prodotto da Bieffeplast, rappresenta
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Robo space age bar cart by Joe Colombo for Elco , 1960s.
By Joe Colombo, Elco
Located in Athens, Attiki
Robo space age bar cart by Joe Colombo for Elco , 1960s.
This rare find has an internal layer than
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Italian modern black plastic storage trolley Boby Joe Colombo Bieffeplast, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern black plastic storage trolley Boby Joe Colombo Bieffeplast, 1970s
Storage cart mod
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Metal
H 28.94 in W 26.78 in D 16.54 in
Bobby Cart by Gio Colombo, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Roma, IT
Joe Colombo for B-line, this cart has structure and drawers in injection-moulded ABS plastic material
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
'Boby' Art Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line, 1970
By B-Line, Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
'Boby' Art / Trolley Cart by Joe Colombo for B-Line,
Designed in 1970, Italy
"great color / six
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
Desserte Joe Colombo "Boby Trolley rouge pour Bieffeplast Italie 1968 Space Age
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in London, England
Fabriqué par Bieffplast Italy, ce rangement Boby imaginés par Joé Colombo est une solution
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
H 20.87 in W 16.15 in D 16.93 in
Boby yellow trolley, by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
Il carrello contenitore Boby, disegnato da Joe Colombo per Bieffeplast nel 1969, è considerato
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
6x Joe Colombo Rollcontainer Bobby Beistelltisch schwarz 1970 Italien
By Joe Colombo
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten 6 Original Beistelltische/ Rollcontainer von Joe Colombo zum Verkauf an. Das Design
Category
2010s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
H 21.66 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
Iconic storage container “Bobby” by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Italy / 1970 / trolley Boby / Joe Colombo / Bieffeplast / plastic / Mid-century / vintage
A sleek
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Plastic
H 37.01 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Vintage Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Post modern plastic storage Boby trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast. designed in 1968
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
1980s Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Praha, CZ
- good original condition with minor signs of use
- small piece was cracked and glued again on the back side
- see photos
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Industrial Serving Tables
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo work trolley Boby 1970s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in bari, IT
Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast. Designed for architects and engineers, it was later also
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo work trolley Boby 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in bari, IT
Joe Colombo and produced by Bieffeplast. Designed for architects and engineers, it was later also
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast Boby Trolley
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian modern red plastic storage trolley Boby, on wheels, by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast in
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo Organizer Cabinet 'Boby Trolley', circa 1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Organizer cabinet designed by Joe Colombo, circa 1960.
Manufactured by Bieffeplast Padova, from
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley with 2 Drawers in Honey 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley with 2 Drawers in Cumin 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley with 2 Drawers in Cumin 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley with 2 Drawers in White 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
White Fiberglass Planter or Bar Cart on Wheels in the Style of Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Chicago, IL
flowers or bottles. In the style of Joe Colombo. Unmarked. Italy, 1970s.
Born in Milan in 1930, designer
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Side Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 6 Drawers in Verdigris 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 6 Drawers in White 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 6 Drawers in Black 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 6 Drawers in Red 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 6 Drawers in Cumin 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 6 Drawers in Honey 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 5 Drawers in Cumin 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 5 Drawers in Honey 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 5 Drawers in Verdigris 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 5 Drawers in White 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 5 Drawers in Black 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 5 Drawers in Red 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 4 Drawers in Verdigris 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 4 Drawers in Honey 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 4 Drawers in Cumin 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 4 Drawers in White 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 4 Drawers in Red 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size L with 4 Drawers in Black 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 37.21 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 6 Drawers in White 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 6 Drawers in Black 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 6 Drawers in Red 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 6 Drawers in Cumin 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 6 Drawers in Honey 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 6 Drawers in Verdigris 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 5 Drawers in Black 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 5 Drawers in White 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 5 Drawers in Red 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 5 Drawers in Honey 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 5 Drawers in Cumin 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 5 Drawers in Verdigris 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size M with 4 Drawers in White 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Plastic
H 28.94 in W 16.93 in D 16.54 in
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the joe colombo trolley you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each joe colombo trolley for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using plastic, metal and wood. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer joe colombo trolley, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A joe colombo trolley made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular.
How Much is a Joe Colombo Trolley?
The average selling price for a joe colombo trolley at 1stDibs is $725, while they’re typically $395 on the low end and $6,350 for the highest priced.
Joe Colombo for sale on 1stDibs
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.
Materials: Plastic Furniture
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.