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Designer
Joe Colombo by Progetti

Description
Designed by Joe Colombo, 5 IN 1 by Progetti is a set of 5 hand-blown glasses that intertwine. A cognac glass, a white wine glass, a red wine glass, a water glass and a grappa glass.

The size and shape of these glasses allow them to be inserted into each other, reducing storage space. Once stacked in this way, they form a transparent sculpture.

Biography
Born in Milan in 1930, Joe Colombo studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts before moving on to the Faculty of Architecture in the Milan Politecnico, however he did not graduate. in 1959 he took over his late father’s electrical appliances company where he came to appreciate the potential offered by those new materials. A painter, architect, graphic designer and industrialist, he worked as an interior, furniture, product and visual designer from 1960 until his untimely death in 1971. 

Condition
Vintage, ca. 1970’s

Measurements
W 11 x D 11 x H 16 CM