Chair 300
Joe Colombo believed in democratic and functional design. His fascination with functionality meant he always focused on the user, which lead him to create a chair, which was strong, comfortable, and characteristic. The Chair 300. A vast collection of leathers from Sørensen Leather and textiles from Kvadrat can be used for Chair 300 in combination with all three frame finishes. 3rd party leathers/textiles can also be applied on request.
Designed by Joe Colombo,1965 | KARAKTER
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Joe Colombo
Cesare "Joe" Colombo was until 1949 educated at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, the academy of fine arts, in Milano as a painter and studied afterwards until 1954 Architecture at Politecnico di Milano University.
In 1951 he joined the Movimento Nucleare, founded by Sergio Dangelo and Enrico Baj. The following four years Colombo was active as a painter and sculptor of the abstract Expressionism and exhibited his works with other members in Milano, Torino, Verviers, Venice and Brussels.
In 1955 Colombo joined the Art Concret group, but gave up his painting to promote his Design Career. Before he cooperated at an exhibition for the tenth Triennale of 1954 and documented the Ceramic Designs of an international meeting in Albisola. For his presentation Colombo created for example three exterior seatings which were combined with a "shrinelike" presentation of TVs.
In 1959, Colombo had to take over the family company, which produced electric appliances, and started to experiment with new construction and production technologies. In 1962 Colombo opened his own interior design and architecture projects, mostly for lodges and skiing.
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