Stefano Giovannoni: A Master Of Playful & Charming Contemporary Design

Ready to be inspired by a product designer that needs no introduction? Stefano Giovannoni will show you just how incredible contemporary design is!

Born in La Spezia, Stefano Giovannoni now works in Milan as industrial designer, interior designer and architect, changing the rules of contemporary design! With a vast repertoire in the interior design world, Giovannoni becomes one of the big names of contemporary design and it’s about time we’ll tell you everything about his incredible life and career!


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Photo © Stefano Giovannoni

Stefano Giovannoni is an excellent designer, extremely contemporary. If we look at what happens at a research level in design, he is a leader.

– Alessandro Mendini

Stefano Giovannoni graduated at the University of Architecture in Florence, having taught and conducted research at the same university until 1991. In these years, he sharpened the edges of his knowledge in the design world, building his trademark design style.

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Rabbit Chair by Stefano Giovannoni

He collaborated with many companies in his career, such as Alessi, being the first designer with more than 300 steel and plastic products, becoming true bestsellers in the design-oriented companies, with more than 10 million products sold.

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Photo © Stefano Giovannoni

During his career, he won many awards for his incredible products, such as “Champion of Super and Popular of the years 2000” (Alberto Alessi), “King Mida of design” (Cristina Morozzi), “Most bankable designer” (Eugenio Perazza, Magis).

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Calla Collection by Stefano Giovannoni

He is known for not caring as much for the actual revolution of a designed product, but what people really want, leading to commercially successful designs with a certain modernity, simple shapes and archetypal lines, to create products that are characterized by a reassuring realism.

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Morfeo by Stefano Giovannoni

Stefano Giovannoni does something that not many designers can: he can take the strong polarization of the contemporary international design scene to every single one of his creations. Playful, bold and expressive, but also neominimalistic, essential and pure.

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Kokuyo Family by Stefano Giovannoni

If you wish to know more about this incredible product designer, visit Stefano Giovannoni’s website and take a peek at his stunning creations!


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