Beta

Joe Colombo
 2010
M221B

Joe Colombo’s project of 1971 called for the use of an original axial assembly system that was particularly robust, concealed by a shock absorber made of resin that made a doorstop superfluous. The system was recognised as an invention and patented.

FINISHES

  • CR - Bright chrome CR - Bright chrome CR - Bright chrome
  • CO - Satin chrome CO - Satin chrome CO - Satin chrome
  • IS - SuperStainlesssteel satin IS - SuperStainlesssteel satin IS - SuperStainlesssteel satin
  • US - SuperAnthracite satin US - SuperAnthracite satin US - SuperAnthracite satin
Clear

MATERIAL

Brass

TYPOLOGY

Door handles - Round

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

Technical sheets

door handle, window handle, DK
door handle, window handle, DK

COMPLETE COLLECTION

Beta

COLLEZIONE COMPLETA

Beta

DOCUMENTAZIONE TECNICA

Technical sheets

door handle, window handle, DK
door handle, window handle, DK

Beta

Beta,
 2010

The twofold function was integrated in a slender and futuristic shape in the model Paracolpi Alfa.

— Total Furnishing Unit, “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape”, MoMA, New York 1972

In the 2000s, the adoption of an assembly system with a grub screw allowed for the reproduction of the original shape and special elegance of the Beta handle.
Ignazia Favata

VEDI BIO Joe Colombo

SEE BIO Joe Colombo

— Boby, container, Bieffeplast 1970
— Acrilica, lamp, O-Luce 1963
— Habitat futuribile “Visiona1”, Bayer, 1969