The eight detailed essays，Including one by his assistant Igrrazia Favata，and a comprehensivework overview with coloured reproductions of sketches，architecture and interior plans designs and images of objects that are presented in this publication，show how Colombotransformed his far—reaching visions of the future into functionaI products that were to besuccessful around the world．Interviews with Ettore Sottsass，Gillo Dorfles，AlessandroMendini,Gae Aulenti and further contemporaries allow a complementary，personal approachto one of the most fascinating designers of the Sixties．

“Joe Colombo—Inventing the Future”’gives a complete overview of the work of designerJoe Colombo-0ne of the most successfuIindustriaI designers of his time，Colombo creatednumerous classics of design for companies such as Kartell，Comfort，Zanotta，0luce，Bernini，Bonacina，B-line and Alessi．But Colombo Was also one of the most important visionaries ofthe Sixties,who intended to anticipate the“habitat of the future”in futuristic jnteriorsand living modules-Colombo died in 1971，only 41 years old，at the pinnacle of his career．Yet he left an extensive opus，the influence of which has Iasted until today，as welI as manyunpublished works，subsequently developed by his Studio．

The eight detailed essays，Including one by his assistant Igrrazia Favata，and a comprehensivework overview with coloured reproductions of sketches，architecture and interior plans designs and images of objects that are presented in this publication，show how Colombotransformed his far—reaching visions of the future into functionaI products that were to besuccessful around the world．Interviews with Ettore Sottsass，Gillo Dorfles，AlessandroMendini,Gae Aulenti and further contemporaries allow a complementary，personal approachto one of the most fascinating designers of the Sixties．

Preface and acknowledgements

From Furnisnings to Equipment—An Introduction to Joe Colombo’s Work

Total Living Architecture—Joe Colombo as Architect

Remembering Joe Colombo

Joe Colom bo and the Emergence of the Ital ian

Furniture Industry

Joe Colombo：Interiors and Installations

“Like the FuturoIogists，I have found…”：Technology，

Vision and Utopia i n the Work of Joe Colom bo

Antidesign in Favour of Design--Joe Colombo，S Revolutionary Conception of Design

An Unfinished Prophecy--Elements of a Designer’S Portrait

Catalogue of Works

Interviews

Biography

Index of Catalogue of Works

Bibliography

Photo Credits