COLBO is a ceramics studio born in Mendoza, Argentina, with a design language rooted in the landscape of the Andes.
Created by architect and ceramicist Colette Boccara in the early 1950s, its distinctive tableware is made from the region's red clay and finished with a vitreous glaze — a simple combination that has given COLBO an enduring identity.
COLBO's identity begins with the landscape around Mendoza. Working with the region's extraordinary red clay, Colette Boccara developed a distinctive language of organic, gently triangular forms — earthy exteriors contrasted by glazed interiors. More than seventy years later, the designs remain remarkably contemporary.
COLBO sits at the meeting point of material, place and modernist design. What began with Boccara's experiments with Mendoza's red stoneware became one of Argentina's distinctive design stories.
Today, the original spirit of COLBO continues under Boccara's son, Matías Jannello, alongside industrial designer Martín Endrizzi. Boccara's COLBO dinnerware was featured at MoMA New York in Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980, while contemporary COLBO bowls are offered through the MoMA Design Store.
