Joe Colombo

Emilio Ambasz, Italy: The New Domestic Landscape Achievments and Problems of Italian Design, Florence, 1972, p. 116

Ignazia Favata, Joe Colombo and Italian Design of the Sixties, London, 1988, pp. 82-83

Charlotte & Peter Fiell, 60s Decorative Art, Koln, 2001, pp. 20-21

Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano per l'arredamento doemstico 1950- 1980, Turin, 2003, p. 177

Joe Colombo : Inventing the Future, exhibition catalogue, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, 16 September -18 December 2005, pp. 230-231

Charlotte and Peter Fiell, 100 Chairs, Koln, 2005, p. 360

Philippe Garner, Sixties Design, Koln, 2008, p. 165

The Tube-Chair comprises four tubes of different diameters that can be rearranged into different configurations using steel clamps, allowing for a wide range of seating options. The modular design combined with this kind of versatility is one of defining features of the Tube -Chair. Additionally, the Tube-Chair's portability — facilitated by the ability to disassemble the pieces and carry them in a bag — made it a highly functional piece of furniture, reflecting Colombo's philosophy of flexibility and adaptability in design. The Tube-Chair is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of New York and in the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam.