Designer · Italy · 1915–2011
Gino Colombini
Gino Colombini (1915–2011) – Italian architect and industrial designer, author of plastic objects for Kartell, winner of Compasso d’Oro.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1915–2011
- Country
- Italy
Gino Colombini was born on 1 January 1915 in Milan and died there on 30 January 2011. In 1948 he designed furniture with Franco Albini; together they won the Low Cost Furniture competition in New York.
From 1951, he designed plastic objects for Kartell; a plastic bucket earned him the Compasso d’Oro in 1955. In 1956, he designed a modular storage system for Kartell with a metal frame and polystyrene doors. Around 1960, he collaborated with Husqvarna Borstfabrik, designing, among other things, the Karaffa thermos and the Scolaplasta colander.
