Tube Chair
The Cappellini Tube Chair by Joe Colombo is a modular armchair made from four padded, hollow cylinders of different diameters.
The elements can be repositioned and joined with metal hooks to create different seat and back arrangements, or nested inside one another. Fixed leather or selected stretch-fabric upholstery covers the polypropylene tubes, giving this experimental seating design its distinctive rounded forms.
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- Brand
- Cappellini
- Designer
- Joe Colombo
- Design year
- 1969
- Descriptor
- Modular chair made from four padded cylinders
- Country
- Italy
- Structure
- Polypropylene in four different diameters
- Materials
- 01Four reconfigurable cylinders
Different-diameter modules connect with metal hooks to form varied seat and back arrangements.
- 02Foam-covered polypropylene tubes
Fixed leather or stretch-fabric upholstery covers polyurethane padding around the hollow shells.
- 03Nested transport arrangement
The tubes fit inside one another, and a jute bag is supplied with the chair.
Tube Chair by Joe Colombo is a modular chair made from four padded hollow cylinders.
Polypropylene tubes of different diameters carry polyurethane foam beneath fixed leather or selected stretch fabric. Metal hooks join the modules in different seat and back arrangements, while the tubes can nest inside one another when separated. A jute bag is included for the nested components.
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Italian design furniture shaped by international collaboration, from sculptural chairs to experimental sofas, tables and storage.
Joe Colombo
Joe Colombo moved from painting into architecture and industrial design, opening his studio in 1963. He developed furniture and serially produced objects that often functioned as adaptable systems. His work includes the Tube Chair, designed in 1969, and is represented in major museum collections.
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