Well-known for adorning his handmade pieces with colorful inlays, designer Ivan Paradisi creates coffee tables, buffets, console tables and other furnishings that, with their unusual forms and clever mixing of materials, stand out in any space.
Born in Tuscany, Italy, in 1971, Paradisi initially tried to make his way as a musician and singer. He developed an enthusiasm for furniture design when he found work restoring valuable pieces of art. This endeavor led him to pursue furniture design.
Paradisi revels in the minor imperfections that can only exist in handmade works. He prefers to use rare materials in his designs, and any given structure might begin with rich hardwoods such as rosewood and ebony. From there, Paradisi fearlessly incorporates unexpected materials like plastic and steel into the dressers, mirrors and decorative objects he crafts in his studio.
Infusing his love of music into his creations, Paradisi draws inspiration from improvisational musical genres such as jazz and fusion in his workshop, building sculptural maple desks embellished with steel inlays or statement case pieces such as an olive wood storage cabinet with interiors that are lined in leather.
Paradisi continues to create bespoke designs today and has an atelier in Turin. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale and the Italian Pavillon in Turin.
On 1stDibs, browse a selection of Ivan Paradisi tables, seating and storage pieces.
21st Century "Espresso Love" Kitchen Cabinet, Maple and Dark Walnut
By Ivan Paradisi
Located in Turin, IT
Italy is world famous for its cuisine. In its new masterpiece Ivan Paradisi Atelier tried to express its love for Italian traditions of cooking which is always a little bit magic whe...
Brass
Stella Rossa Bar Cabinet – Italian Artisan Dry Bar in Maple, Brass & Leather
By Ivan Paradisi
Located in Turin, IT
Handcrafted by award-winning designer Ivan Paradisi, the Stella Rossa bar cabinet is a sculptural masterpiece that fuses daring form and luxury materials. Its flowing silhouette, dra...
Brass
Sculptural Master Blaster Chest of Drawers, Italian Design by Ivan Paradisi
By Ivan Paradisi
Located in Turin, IT
The Master Blaster Chest of Drawers by Italian designer Ivan Paradisi is a one-of-a-kind work of contemporary collectible design, totally handcrafted. Inspired by the wild freedom of African...
Leather, Ebony, Maple
Chapman Large Credenza Storage Unit Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
Steel
Chapman Large Credenza Storage Unit Maple Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
Steel
Chapman Large Credenza Storage Unit Maple Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
Steel
Gio Ponti Italian Post-War Rosewood & Mahogany Cabinet
By Gio Ponti
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Post-War Design (1950s) rosewood and mahogany wall unit bar with 3 lower commodes and upper cabinet decorative tiles on white lacquered door...
Rosewood, Mahogany, Mirror, Lacquer
$1,942
H 27.96 in W 28.75 in D 14.57 in
1950s Midcentury Regency Italian Wood, Brass and Mirror Dry Bar Cabinet Cart
By Vittorio Dassi, Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti, Guglielmo Ulrich, Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern dry bar cabinet cart characterized by its original Asian themed painted front wood pull-out tilt door with interior part in mirror glass, standing on its antique brass wheels...
Brass
Italian 1940s Oak chest of drawers
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian 1940s Oak chest of drawers.
Oak
$6,500
H 29.2 in W 30.8 in D 14.4 in
Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet by Meroni & Fossati Gio Ponti attributed, Briar of Elm
By Gio Ponti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Small cabinet buffet, dry bar, Art Deco period 1940 , Gio Ponti attributed per Meroni & Fossati, veneered in briar of elm with interior in mahogany . Original handless of the period....
Walnut, Burl
Paolo Buffa Dry-Bar Cabinet, Italy, circa 1950
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional and rare Paolo Buffa, Italy, circa 1950 mahogany cabinet with molded front panel, rectangular top and dentil carved moldings. (A pair available; the other a drop-down ...
Brass
Stunning Italian Bar Cabinet
Located in Antwerp, BE
The buffet is mobile and can be driven in the wall unit. The bar has a beautiful copper countertop installed. The cabinets of the wall unit is equipp...
Brass, Copper
$33,544
H 27.56 in W 80.71 in D 21.66 in
21st Century Stefano Marolla Buffet Side Table Pine Wood and Brass Top Cabinet
By Stefano Marolla
Located in Roma, IT
This piece is one of a kind version of the limited edition Una (Articolo Indeterminativo) buffet by the Italian woodworker Stefano Marolla. The title refers to the indeterminate article in the Italian grammar, as these pieces trick the eye playing on the ambiguity of the matter: A sturdy element like wood, hand-curved and levigated, looks like a light tapestry. The curves and the soft drapery of the wood are inspired by a long and attentive study on the usage of drapery in art’s history, going back from the ancient Greece to Bernini’s sculptures...
Brass
1950s Chest of Drawers, Italy
Located in Praha, CZ
- good original condition with minor signs of use
Wood
$2,862Sale Price|69% Off
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 24.41 in
Italy Early 19th Century Walnut Buffet with Two Doors and Drawer
Located in Brescia, IT
Beautiful walnut buffet with two fluted columns and the top finely inlaid. There two doors and a drawer. Inside of the drawer there is a linen coating. With certificate of authent...
Walnut
"Brown Sugar" 21st Century Cabinet Olive wood by Ivan Paradisi
By Ivan Paradisi
Located in Turin, IT
The true protagonist of this stunning sideboard is the exquisite variety of rich woods used to craft its unique silhouette. Combining the designer's...
Leather, Ebony, Maple, Olive
Sold
H 67.33 in W 38.59 in D 20.08 in
"Stella Rossa" 21st Century Bar Cabinet Colored Maple by Ivan Paradisi
By Ivan Paradisi
Located in Turin, IT
The "Stella Rossa" bar cabinet is an intricate and complicated assemblage of unrelated ideas mixed into a modern concept of movement, the very particular legs are designed with a flo...
Brass