Colombo One and Two - Joe Colombo-inspired home phones for £40
It's rare to see just one stylish home phone, so we were amazed to find two heading to the shelves - the Colombo One and Colombo Two.
Both are the work of ChauhanStudio and will be in the shops from March. The designs (as the names suggest) are inspired by the work of Italian space age designer Joe Colombo - there's even a 'Boby Trolley' colour scheme for one of the handsets. The Colombo One is pictured above, which is a more angled handset with a flat base, the Colombo Two is similar, but with a more upright shape.
But best of all is the price - both will sell for around £40 on the high street, which sounds like great value to me. You can find out more and see an image of Colombo One over at Switched On Set.
Find out more at the ChauhanStudio website
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Check the site later day, I'll have details of buying online (and not from Selfridges). Contrary to home/design magazine propaganda, this phone isn't exclusive to Selfridges.
Posted by: David Walker | 09/17/2008 at 04:15 PM
Look more orange than red in real life
Posted by: Graeme | 10/28/2008 at 09:15 PM
Argos only seem to sell a white version.
Is there anywhere online/in London where I can find the orange/red version still?
Posted by: Edward Jones | 11/21/2008 at 12:48 AM
Nice looking phone, but poor quality and poor user interface... have also had some strange issues where I had to remove the batteries to get the phone back to normal.
Posted by: DR | 05/10/2009 at 02:42 PM
Harrods (London) or send mail to mail@chauhanstudio.com
Can't wait to get ma hands on mine.
;-)
Posted by: Richard | 11/03/2009 at 01:00 PM
I took the phone offhook and got the message "warning battery". I just purchased the unit two days ago. Does this mean the batteries or phone are defective?
Posted by: Norm Cardillo | 01/01/2011 at 08:32 AM