Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Italian, 1927-2007
Of his mid-century modern furniture designs, which marry minimalist simplicity with elegance and symmetry, Italian designer Giovanni Offredi once said: “Beauty should not be confused with appearance, since the latter is the superficial part of the form.”
Born in Milan, in 1927, Offredi did not pursue formal education as an architect, unlike many of his contemporaries in the first half of the 20th century. He also did not begin designing furniture until later in his career. His earliest known furnishings were commissioned by wealthy Milanese families in 1960.
It wasn’t until the late 1960s — when Offredi met Sergio Saporiti, owner of Italian furniture manufacturer and design shop Saporiti — that his furniture designs would become more prominent. In 1970, Offredi entered into a partnership with Saporiti, producing several innovative and modernistic furniture lines.
Among Offredi’s most notable pieces are the gently curving Wave chair, sofa and lounge chair, the Onda coffee table and the Paracarro dining room table, with its cylindrical concrete base, glass top and metal cross section. He also designed a series of credenzas and sideboards in lacquered wood, featuring a high gloss finish and bold colors.
Offredi enjoyed a successful collaboration with Saporiti throughout the 1970s. In 1984, he began a partnership with Italian cabinet and kitchen manufacturer Snaidero, designing modern kitchens. His final kitchen design, Kube, in 2006, featured streamlined forms, contrasting materials and colors and a recessed aluminum toe kick with a reflective mirror finish, which made the kitchen appear suspended above the ground. The kitchen won a Good Design Award from the Chicago Design Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, in 2008. Offredi never had the opportunity to accept that prize — he died in 2007.
Although Offredi’s works are relatively obscure, they are sought out by in-the-know furniture collectors and enthusiasts worldwide.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage Giovanni Offredi chairs, tables, case pieces and storage cabinets.
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Creator: Giovanni Offredi
Table by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Ravenna, IT
Table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti in 1970.
The thin table top rests on four wider support legs, each of which has two storage compartments, rotated in each direction. M...
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1970s Italian Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Wood
Giovanni Offredi Saporiti Design Dining Table Opening Giovanni Offredi Design Anni 70
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Taranto, IT
Giovanni Offredi dining table for Saporiti Italia - 1980s
Elegant extending table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia in the 1980s. Polished steel frame and dark rosewo...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Metal, Steel
Rare Italian Geometric Dry Totem Bar by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, c. 1990
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By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Deland, FL
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...
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1990s Italian Modern Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Steel
Giovanni Offredi Dining Table for Saporiti, 1970s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Concrete and metal center or dining table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italy model 'Paracarro'.
The table comes with its original squared with rounded edges table...
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1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Concrete
Mid-Century Modern Diagonal Desk By Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Diagonal Desk By Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
Giovanni Offredi (born 1927, Milan–died 2007, Milan) was a prominent Italian furniture and...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Metal
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Chaise Longues in Vibrant Upholstery
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia, chaise longues, chrome-plated metal, textured multicolored fabric, Italy, 1970s
This exquisite lounge chair, designed by Giovanni Offredi for t...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Chrome, Metal
GIOVANNI OFFREDI Coffee Table
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Shibuya-ku, 13
This coffee table is a beautiful combination of glass and metal. This is a vintage item from Italy. I think this kind of design is possible because Italy is a country of design. Mirr...
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1670s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Steel
Giovanni Offredi “Paracarro” dining table for Saporiti Italia, 1970s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
A sculptural and highly collectible “Paracarro” dining table designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia in the 1970s. This impressive piece features two monumental cast-concret...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Concrete, Chrome
Italian Modern Black Metal Ashtray by Giovanni Offredi for Bando Line, 1970s
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in MIlano, IT
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 ...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Metal
Leather Lounge chairs Model P64 by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, Italy 1970s
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Leather Lounge chairs Model P64 chairs by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, Italy 1972. Extraordinary design consisting of two geometric trapezoidal elements, with an elegantly sliced, ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Leather
Italian modern Yellow metal Deck chair Swing Rete by Offredi for Saporiti, 1980s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Yellow metal Deck chair Swing Rete by Offredi for Saporiti, 1980s
Deck chair mod. Swing Rete entirely in yellow painted metal. The structure of the seat is made of she...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Metal
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Dining Table in Birdseye Maple
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Chicago, IL
Giovanni Offredi for saporiti dining table in birdseye maple, with marquetry abstract designs on the surface.
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Wood, Birdseye Maple
Set of 4 "Lens" Chairs by G. Offredi Blue Velvet and Chrome, Saporiti Italy 1968
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Roma, IT
Marvellous midcentury armchairs with tubular steel structure and seats. "Lens" model was designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced for Saporiti, around 1968 in Italy.
These items are made of a stunning new stain-resistant, fire-retardant petrol blue velvet. A magnificent and iconic set that will be perfect for a living room or study, thanks to the brightness of the chromed steel structure.
These pieces are in amazing vintage conditions as shown in the photos.
The shipping quote refers to the chairs shipped with the seating disassembled from the chrome base.
Giovanni Offredi (born 1927, Milan–died 2007, Milan) 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 a formal education in architecture.
The earliest furniture design work known by Giovanni Offredi consists of exemplary furnishings made specifically for some of the 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 design of the time.
In the late 1960s, Giovanni Offredi met Sergio Saporiti, the owner of 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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Midcentury Giovanni Offredi Paracarro Dining Table and Chairs for Saporiti, 1973
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Roma, IT
Unique "Paracarro" model dining table with a set of four chairs. It was designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced by Saporiti in Italy during 1973.
Based on a prototype project, i...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Concrete, Steel, Chrome
Saporiti Italia Giovanni Offredi Vela Alta Lounge Chair + Ottoman 70s
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Basel, BS
A stunning and exceptionally comfortable armchair and ottoman set with a gorgeous original golden sun designer textile (WOW) and a matching footstool that mirrors the armchair's curv...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Upholstery
$3,743 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 4 Giovanni Offredi Sail chairs by Saporiti Italy 1973
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice set of 4 ‘Sail’ chairs designed by Giovanni Offredi and manufactured by Saporiti, Italy 1973.
These comfortable chairs are just restored with ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Fabric, Plastic
Modernist Vintage Stone Dining Table Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti 1973 Italy
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage dining table Paracarro from stone by Giovanni Offredi 1973, Italy and executed by Saporiti.
The circular base from stone shows a chrome cross for placing t...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Stone
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Set of Four
Sail
Dining Chairs in Blue Velvet
By Giovanni Offredi, Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, set of four 'Sail' dining chairs, plastic, fabric, Italy, 1973
This exceptional design known as Sail by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti reflects the des...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Fabric, Plastic
Set of Six Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Lens Dining Chairs, Italy
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Beautiful 1970's Mid-Century Modern set of 6 lens dining chairs, designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia in 1968. Lens chair is one of the classics of the Saporiti collectio...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Chrome
Swing Lounge Chair by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 1980s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Giovanni Offredi round table for Saporiti Italia 1980s.
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in bari, IT
Round table in maple wood designer Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia 1980s.
Giovanni Offredi was born in Milan in 1927 and began his career between 1963 and 1965. He was a member ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Maple
Colored wooden table with geometric inlays and metal base by G.Offredi Saporiti
By Giovanni Offredi, Fratelli Saporiti
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Rare coffee table with wooden top with geometric colored inlays and base in craquelè painted metal. The top, bevelled on 4 sides, is made up of a geometric design with aniline-dyed r...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Metal
Set of 6
Sail
dining chairs by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 1973
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in amstelveen, NL
'Sail' dining chairs, Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti, Itlay, 1973.
This stunning set of six 'Sail' chairs is a masterpiece of 1970s Italian design, created by Giovanni Offredi and produ...
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1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Leather, Plastic
Saporiti Vela Alta leather armchair with ottoman by Giovanni Offredi
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
This large gray leather armchair comes in very good condition. The soft leather of the armchair and the ottoman shows slight signs of wear. The ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Leather
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
Onda Wave
Lounge Chairs, 1970s
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Greding, DE
Armchairs with leather upholstery in blue and beige on metal frame. Signs of age and use.
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Metal
$3,990 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Chaise Longue
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia, chaise longue, chrome-plated metal, textured multicolored fabric, Italy, 1970s
This exquisite lounge chair, designed by Giovanni Offredi for th...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Vela Alta Lounge Chair
Ottoman by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, Italy, 1970s
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in DE KWAKEL, NL
An iconic Vela Alta lounge chair with matching ottoman, designed in the 1970s by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti. This sculptural seating ensemble is widely regarded as one of the most...
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1970s Italian Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Three-seater sofa by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia, 1970s
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Three-seater sofa designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia from the 1970s.
The sofa has been completely restored using upholstery that echoes the original tones and features...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
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Metal
Italy modern Glass and cast iron Consoles by Offredi for Saporiti, 1970s
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in MIlano, IT
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...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
Paracarro
Dining Table in Glass and Mosaic
By Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 'Paracarro' dining table, glass, concrete, chrome-plated steel, mosaic, Italy, 1970
This sculptural dining table is designed by Giovanni Offredi for S...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Concrete, Steel, Chrome
Pair of Swivel Chairs Model P85 designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a pair of very rare postmodern swivel chairs Model P85 designed by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia. They feature beautiful, comfortable design wit...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia Lens Dining Chairs, Set of 3
By Giovanni Offredi, Fratelli Saporiti
Located in Secaucus, NJ
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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Diskos chandelier by Giovanni Offredi for Sirrah
By Sirrah, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Torino, IT
Chandelier Model Diskos designed by Giovanni Offredi for Sirrah.
This chandelier with Minimal and avenieristic style for the time was named Diskos precisely because of its resemblan...
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1980s Italian Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Plastic
$494 Sale Price
20% Off
Steel circular mirror by G. Offredi, Italy, 1970s
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Milano, IT
Steel circular mirror by Offredi, Italy, 1970s
Steel mirror, circular in shape, with a ring at the top and stainless steel band structure.
Good conditions
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giovanni Offredi Furniture
Materials
Steel
Giovanni Offredi furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Giovanni Offredi furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Giovanni Offredi furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Giovanni Offredi were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Cini Boeri, Vivai del Sud, and Gastone Rinaldi. Prices for Giovanni Offredi furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $329 and can go as high as $24,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,800.
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