Giovanni Offredi Furniture

Saporiti is one of the most innovative Italian design companies and among those that have experimented the most with materials, forms and innovations in the broadest sense. This stor...

Fantastic original Onda wave lounge chair by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 1970s, in designer Velvet textile. Original label on the chrome frame. Dimensions 31.5"W × 33.5"D × 33.5"H Very stylish Italian lounge chairs with frames in stainless steel chrome and black and white designer velvet fabric. Designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, Italy, 1970s. Signed on bases “Saporiti Italia”chairs...

Rare Italian Geometric Dry Totem Bar by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, Italy, c. 1990's About: Introducing a true Italian Modern masterpiece: a rare totem dry bar, designed by the i...

Dining room set consisting of Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti dining table with Alberto Salvati & Ambrogio Tresoldi for Saporiti set of ten 'Dan...

Set of 2 "Ealing" leather chairs by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Splendid pair of "Ealing" model chairs by Giovanni Offredi from the 1970s, produced in Italy by Saporiti. Majest...

Very elegant pair of armchairs by designer Giovanni Offredi edited by Saporiti Italia, black leather version, accompanied by a beautiful ottoman in very good original condition More...

The Wave Armchairs, designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, are a captivating pair of chairs that embody elegance and innovation. With their distincti...

Circa 1970s set of eight chairs by Italian designer Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti. Chairs have a sleek, curved and armless body with streamlined stainless steel legs and feet. Still ...

Saporiti's darling Giovanni Offredi showed with this 1970s sideboard from the 'Birds-Eye' series that he remained true to his modernist view on design. As a great critic of the rise ...

A rare Italian desk unit designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti in the 1970s. This desk has one main section with an additional table top attachment, creating an L-shape. It was constructed with wood and has a maple wood veneer with an exquisite birdseye grain. This piece features brushed aluminum connectors and has an additional rolling modular cabinet with three drawers, which can be placed below or beside the desk. The top drawer has a cream acrylic insert organizer with five compartments. Unmarked. Sourced in Italy, 1970s. Dimensions: 61"W x 28.75"D x 28"H; extended piece 47"W x 17.75"D x 28"H Giovanni Offredi (1927-2007) was a prominent Italian furniture and product designer recognized for his use of angular lines and exposed wood or metal frames. He began making furniture for the wealthy elite of Milan...

Italy modern glass and cast iron consoles by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia, 1970s Pair of consoles with semi-oval top in thick glass. The cast iron base is composed by an upp...

Set of two nightstands - chest of drawers by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti. Extremely capable deep drawers, burnished brass details and iridesce...

Italian modern Black metal Ashtray by Giovanni Offredi for Bando Line, 1970s Metal ashtray with round base and raised edges. The central plate is in glossy black painted metal. It ...

Marvelous 1970s Mid-Century Modern set of 3 lens dining chairs, designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia in 1968. Lens chair is one of the classics of the Saporiti collectio...

An exceptional postmodern free form coffee table By Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia Italy, 1980s Red lacquered tiger...

the lounge chair by Giovanni Offredi has a very comfortable seat The frame is made in extremely high quality workmanship. Signed with company logo on the underside.

The Onda series by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia is a perfect example of Italian modernistic design, on the verge of space age. The Onda series consisted of a coffee table, lounge chair and sofas (also referred to as the “Wave”). All of these designs were very edgy at their time of introduction, with the strong use of leather, fabric and brushed steel. In our opinion , the Onda coffee table...

Classic Post Modern Italian design glass top coffee table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti. This example is in good original condition, the metal base shows some oxidation, ...

Postmodern; chaise lounge; Giovanni Offredi; Saporiti; Italy; 1974; Italian design. 'The Wave' lounge chair designed in 1974 by Mr. Giovanni Offredi, is still one of the “classics...

Table by designer Giovanni Offredi and produced by MC Selvini, 1970s. Works excellent as a freestanding table, desk or against a wall and it can be ...

This pair of customized 'Paracarro' dining table bases are originally by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia which are sculpted from concrete and chromed steel during the 1970s in I...

Mobile wardrobe save space that can be opened at 180 degrees with wheels, special removable shirt compartments, Design Giovanni Offredi for Tasty for Casa C. in Gorgonzola Milano. N....

Italian mid-century 3 seater sofa Wave by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 1970s Three seater sofa mod. Wave with rectangular seat. The seat and back are made up of curved cushions, padded and upholstered in red / purple fabric. The structure is made up of exposed black steel beams...

An amazing chaise lounge designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced by Saporiti in 1978. It features stainless frame with blush colored leather. Manufacturers label.

This sleek modern 'Paracarro' dining table by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia was sculpted from concrete and chromed steel during the 1970s in Italy. A .75" thick and 50" diameter glass top adorns this stylish table which works great for dinners, games, meetings and as a center table and suitable for indoor or outdoor applications. *NOTE, we have a 2nd table available if you are looking for a pair. One larger glass can be made with both bases underneath if you wish to have one large table. Great for collectors and interior designers, using...

Very nice set of 4 ‘Sail’ chairs designed by Giovanni Offredi and manufactured by Saporiti, Italy 1973. These comfortable chairs are just restored with ...

Italian Mid-Century (circa 1979) 'Paracarro' circular dining table with a textured concrete plinth base with an inset polished chrome support beneath a...

Italian designer Giovanni Offredi began designing in 1963. His designs represented the contrast between dynamic simplicity and the refined and finished form. This Swing lounge...

Sofa designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, Italy. Original condition.

Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia dining table. Black stained bird’s eye maple table top on black lacquer base.

Sunny pedestal table with a structure in wood and a round-shaped tabletop in smoked glass, designed by Giovanni Offredi and manufactured by Saporiti during the 1970s. Giovanni Offredi was a prominent Italian furniture and product designer of the second half of the 20th century. As opposed to most of the other Italian furniture designers of his time, Giovanni Offredi was not an architect, nor did he start designing early in his professional career. Instead, Offredi partially fits the career path of some of the talented contemporary designers who pursue product design outside of formal education in architecture. The earliest furniture design work known by Giovanni Offredi consists of exemplary furnishings made specifically for some of wealthy families in Milan. Such is the case of the works done by Offredi for Casa C., in 1960, in Gorgonzola, a small town 14 miles from Milan. These works were designed with a surprisingly minimal simplicity and elegance, and they also clearly display a hallmark of his design work with the use of angular lines and exposed metal or wood frames—not unlike some of the modern Scandinavian designs of the time. In the late 1960s, Giovanni Offredi met Sergio Saporiti, the owner of an Italian design shop and furniture maker Saporiti, and in 1970, Offredi formalized a partnership with the furniture maker. This partnership would be long and successful and resulted in many furniture designs of distinct precision that were clearly modern and innovative and that went on to enjoy considerable commercial success. The most prominent furniture designs that Offredi made for Saporiti include the Paracarro table...

Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, lounge chairs, leather, wood, metal, Italy, 1970s Cubic pair of lounge chairs designed by Giovanni Offredi. Offredi. This design features thick leathe...

Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, sofa, lacquered wood, steel, patinated leather, Italy, 1970s. Magnificent sofa designed by Italian designer Giovanni O...

Stunning piece of Italian design, this large luxurious dining table. It features a top in bird's-eye maple with a modern, grid pattern decoration. It's feet can be mounted in two wa...

Giovanni Offredi for saporiti dining table in birdseye maple, with marquetry abstract designs on the surface.

A very rare pair of chairs (model P64) designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced by Saporiti in 1972. The chairs feature polyurethane interior foam and covered in their original stit...

Leather sofa designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, Italy, 1980. All original and in excellent condition. Arms are removable.

Pair of wave lounge chairs by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti. Saporiti has long been the most Avant Garde of the high end Italian furniture makers and these chairs are no exception. T...

Fully restored postmodern leather "Onda" or "Wave" Chaise designed in 1974 by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, (Milan, Italy). The jewel of the Sapor...

Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, executive desk, bird’s-eye maple, Italy, 1980s. This postmodern pieces is sculptural and holds various striking elements. Firstly the execution of t...

Giovani Offredi design chair created by Saporiti.The chair is in original condition and very comfortable .     Shipping to continental US $450

Giovanni Offredi 'Wave' leather sofa by Saporiti, Italy. Matching sofa available in separate listing.

Giovanni Offredi 'Wave' leather sofa by Saporiti, Italy. Matching sofa available in separate listing.

A matching pair of Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti round coffee tables. Made in Italy, circa 1970. Crafted from wood featuring a birdseye maple veneer, The base is supported by four ...

Italian modern glass and camouflage concrete table by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia, 1980s. Dining table with elliptical cantilevered glass top and cylindrical concrete suppor...

Italian post modern white and black plastic Diskos chandelier by Giovanni Offredi for Sirrah, Imola, Italy, 1980s. Diskos model chandelier with opaque white plastic diffuser and bla...

This living room set is manufactured by Saporiti Italia in the 1970s. Design made by Giovanni Offredi. It consist of 3-seat sofa and a 2-seat sofa including 1 coffee table. The fa...

This exceptional and very rare Italian dry bar, cocktail cabinet, designed by Giovanni Offredi one of the most discreet but among the most ingenious designers who created for the Italian manufacturer Saporiti. This design comprises a cylinder with a part of the body in black sheathed leather and the other part of the body that represents the door, is in wood forming abstract geometric shapes in wood veneered with bird's eye maple in warm tones, the interior is completed by two circular glass shelves. More than a piece of furniture, this stunning piece is a sculpture, like a TOTEM, it is topped with a turntable that can allow you to put glasses, the time to serve your guests. Make sure this eye-catching dry bar t is as useful as it is stylish and will pair with antique pieces, Art Deco or contemporary interiors. Unfortunately the photos do not do enough justice, do not hesitate to ask for more or a video. Giovanni Offredi confesses about the design: "What worries me most, when I consider a topic, is not so much the evaluation of its epidermal appearance, but its intimate essence," offers. “In the field of furniture, it is unfortunately difficult to find clients willing to carry out too innovative experiments. Furniture is in fact an asset that must last over time without exceeding certain costs. More advanced innovations can be found more easily in the objects sector”. "Italian design, which has always drawn its success from the balance between rationality and fantasy, seems to have lost this harmony. The craving for the new has created confusion. Some are caught up in forced attempts, thinking of finding space in the market and achieving success. The Postmodern, born as an act of controversy against certain rationalist positions, fossilized over time, and then established itself for the desire to renew certain forms, freeing them from their rigidity, has been transforming up to identify with the search for novelty at all costs. However, the Post Modern failed to go beyond the surface, it failed to give content to its forms. Here then we no longer have to deal with a cultural fact, but with a fact of fashion and beyond rationality there is only passion, the ephemeral, the passenger ". "The object must find its reason for utility in beauty; but, only if you can give the external aspect a content and an expressive meaning, the result can be said to be valid. I consider giving shape to an object as an attempt to obtain the image of its deepest reason. And we must not confuse beauty with appearance, since the latter is the superficial part of the form. Beauty will be greater the more it emerges of its substance. In essence, I want to make those objects that I try to create live out of their own life”. "Among the thousands of possible forms, one is chosen, the most significant of the particular cultural moment that is in us, and which is dependent on the intensity and richness of the knowledge that presses us to come to life; therefore design will never be fashionable, since this is only the ephemeral passion of its time "."The object must find its reason for utility in beauty; but, only if you can give the external aspect a content and an expressive meaning, the result can be said to be valid. I consider giving shape to an object as an attempt to obtain the image of its deepest reason. And we must not confuse beauty with appearance, since the latter is the superficial part of the form. Beauty will be greater the more it emerges of its substance. In essence, I want to make those objects that I try to create live out of their own life”. "Among the thousands of possible forms, one is chosen, the most significant of the particular cultural moment that is in us, and which is dependent on the intensity and richness of the knowledge that presses us to come to life; therefore design will never be fashionable, since this is only the ephemeral passion of its time ". Over the years, the Milanese designer Giovanni Offredi (1927-2007) has ranged from the design of furniture to lamps, from kitchens to telephones, from furnishing accessories to televisions. Since 1950, Saporiti Italia produces some of the most sophisticated and advanced pieces of furniture of the history of Italian design. Between 1970-1980 Giovanni Offredi had a big success with his innovative design for example the Wave sofa represents the peak of the Saporiti international success. Its purity of lines and its extra-large proportions, result in an incredible attraction for Saporiti’s international markets. There is a leit motiv...

A set of four (4) Saporiti dining chairs with chrome base and upholstered seats. Price includes custom re-upholstery in COM (Client's Own Material). Italy, circa 1970. Required fab...

This living room set is manufactured by Saporiti Italia in the 1970s. Design made by Giovanni Offredi. It consist of 3-seat sofa and a 2-seat sofa including 1 coffee table. The fabr...