Finding inspiration in mundane and everyday items for the creation of covetable designer objects is only one way of defining the work of Seletti. The Italian brand’s visionary endeavor to merge design and Pop art has for decades yielded an extensive range of table lamps, chairs, sofas and other furniture and decor.
Romano Seletti founded his namesake brand as an importer of products for the home in 1964. It is now helmed by his son and daughter, Stefano and Miria Seletti. Owing to the siblings’ leadership — and the lessons learned from Romano — the company is widely recognized as an innovative force in design. Seletti furniture and objects are prized for their quality and singularity, and the brand’s owners have introduced clever, endlessly talked-about designs, such as its Hot Dog sofa and Burgher chair or its Monkey lamps and chandeliers.
One of Stefano’s own early collections of elevated decorative objects, Estetico Quotidiano, saw him using glass and porcelain to remodel common items like plastic cups and watering cans. The marriage of daily life and avant-garde design in this specific work, which is charming and also functional, speaks to Seletti’s ability to see beauty in the everyday.
Some of Seletti’s most notable home goods owe to collaborations with other talented studios. Studio Job founders Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel worked with Seletti to create unconventional lighting, like the adjustable Banana table lamp — a sculptural and fun fixture made of bronze, resin and glass — as well as a large collection of serveware including bowls, serving pieces and tea sets. The partnership also produced the aforementioned food-themed seating.
Esteemed Italian designer Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba drew on his curiosity about the natural world to design Seletti’s Jurassic lamp and other lamps inspired by the animal kingdom. Seletti and Toiletpaper magazine founders Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari created the Seletti Wears Toiletpaper line, which includes chairs emblazoned with colorful patterns and Surrealist art, mirrors, bars of soap, carpets and more. Works in the series were made available to consumers by the Museum of Modern Art’s Design Store in 2014.
Seletti furniture and objects are guaranteed to spark conversation. Each piece, expertly crafted and chock-full of personality, will breathe life into any space it calls home.
On 1stDibs, find a range of Seletti lighting, seating, decorative objects and collectibles.
$379 / item
Seletti "Kintsugi" Tray in Porcelain
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Porcelain
Mushroom Handpainted in Italy Rectangular Tray
By Bertrando Di Renzo
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Italian craftsmanship meets Les-Ottomans in this beautifiul mushroom collection of handpainted plates The charme of the woods on your table in a un...
Ceramic
New Modern Serving Tray in Marble Creator Matteo Cibic
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
Serving tray in black Marquinia, red Levanto and white Michelangelo marble. Size: 40 x 19 x 4 cm, 15.7 x 7.5 x 1.6 in, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Romeo, Homage Collection by...
Marble
Mushroom Handpainted in Italy Square Tray
By Bertrando Di Renzo
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Italian craftsmanship meets Les-Ottomans in this beautifiul mushroom collection of handpainted plates The charme of the woods on your table in a un...
Ceramic
$1,122 / item
H 0.87 in Dm 15.75 in
New Modern Tray in White Michelangelo Marble, creator Ivan Colominas
By Ivan Colominas
Located in Milan, IT
An essential, minimalist tray that easily lends itself to multiple uses. At the table, in the kitchen, in the dining room. In simplicity is beauty. Size: 40 x 2.2 cm, smooth finishing, stain treatment compatible with food. Commercial name: Nysiros, Materia e Tavola Collection by Ivan Colominas, Spanish Designer. Also available in Black Marquina Marble. Made in Italy, hand finished. Mmairo loves wining and dining, good food and entertaining...
Marble
$15Sale Price / item|75% Off
H 0.75 in W 6 in D 6 in
Fin Trivet / Tray from Souda, Anodized Silver, in Stock
By Souda, Shaun Kasperbauer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Made using a manufacturing process utilized for railways, medical devices and electronics, the fin trivets bring an industrial touch to your tabletop. Both durable and multi-function...
Metal, Aluminum
$15Sale Price / item|75% Off
H 0.75 in W 6 in D 6 in
Fin Trivet / Tray from Souda, Anodized Black, in Stock
By Souda, Shaun Kasperbauer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Made using a manufacturing process utilized for railways, medical devices, and electronics, the Fin Trivets bring an Industrial touch to your tabletop. Both durable and multifunction...
Metal, Aluminum
$843 / item
H 0.79 in W 7.88 in D 15.75 in
New Modern Tray in White Carrara Marble, creator Studioformart
By Studioformart
Located in Milan, IT
Serving is a refined art, Vasco can be a sculpture or a vessel, a design object and a serving platter. It is unstoppable and like the most daring seafarers, its gaze is firmly fixed ...
Marble
$15Sale Price / item|75% Off
H 0.75 in W 6 in D 6 in
Fin Trivet / Tray from Souda, Anodized Gold, in Stock
By Souda, Shaun Kasperbauer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Made using a manufacturing process utilized for railways, medical devices, and electronics, the Fin Trivets bring an Industrial touch to your tabletop. Both durable and multifunction...
Metal, Aluminum
$735 / item
H 0.79 in W 3.94 in D 15.75 in
New Modern Tray in White Carrara Marble, creator Studioformart
By Studioformart
Located in Milan, IT
“I’m searching for magnificence,” the surprise of a curved slab, of a strong material moulded by the craftsman’s hands. A modern and decisive gesture that makes something fluid that ...
Marble
$831 / item
H 0.79 in W 7.88 in D 15.75 in
New Modern Tray in White Carrara Marble, creator Studioformart
By Studioformart
Located in Milan, IT
“I’m searching for magnificence,” the surprise of a curved slab, of a strong material moulded by the craftsman’s hands. A modern and decisive gesture that makes something fluid that ...
Marble
$680 / item
H 0.28 in W 13.39 in D 18.12 in
New Modern Tray in White Carrara Marble, creator Studioformart
By Studioformart
Located in Milan, IT
Tavoletta, designed by Studioformat One could even imagine marble to levitate, flying up to the clouds light as a feather, in a perfect chromatic match. Studioformart reiterates th...
Marble
New Modern Small Tray in marble creator Matteo Cibic
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
Small tray/plate in White Michelangelo, Black Marquinia, Rosso Levanto Marbles. Size: 22.5 x 15 x 2 cm, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Carlo, Homage Collection by the Italian designer Matteo Cibic. Made in Italy, hand finished. Serving is an action as intimate as caring for loved ones. A platter is all this: enjoyable in its shape, large, of solid marble that is black like night-time wanderings, and white like dedicated verses. One can read the cypher of Italian design, perceiving ironic touches, admiring the ever-lasting material. Matteo Cibic encounters Mmairo and Homage is born. A tribute to marble, which is no longer an impenetrable material, but part of the everyday, laughing and having fun; a tribute to the sculptural expression of Carrara, a glorious chapter of Italian art history, from Gothic lavishness to site specific design. Form follows Cibic’s ideas, who never compromises on anthropomorphism and joy, recalling the ancient faces of tribal sculptures, masks and idols. With – Homage – he conjures African Art embraced by Amedeo Modigliani, the painter and sculptor from Livorno capable of “allowing the lines to emerge”. Lines that fascinate Cibic, who from a vase creates a cheerful face offset by protruding ears; a fruit bowl inspired by a tribal mask; and a cake stand in Red Levanto can be a flag with White Michelangelo and Black Marquinia, as if suggesting that the merger of opposites were possible. And how: the colours and marbles in Cibic’s pieces, tell of lucky encounters and happy times...
Marble