Ozzio Italia's Multifunctional Furniture Design

In an era where urban living spaces continue to shrink while our desire for beauty and functionality expands, the furniture we choose becomes less about decoration and more about intelligent design. This is the territory where Ozzio Italia has carved out its distinctive legacy—a realm where a single piece of furniture can transform a room, adapt to life's changing rhythms, and exemplify the very best of Italian ingenuity.

Philosophy of Transformation

Since 1961, from their workshops in the Brianza district north of Milan—the beating heart of Italian furniture excellence—Ozzio Italia has been reimagining what furniture can be. Their philosophy is elegantly simple yet revolutionary: every piece should work harder, adapt smarter, and live beautifully. This isn't about compromise; it's about enhancement.

"The continuous collaboration with Italian and worldwide designers is fundamental for the idea at the root of Ozzio Italia philosophy," the company explains. "To reinvent the modern living, defined by ever shrinking spaces, creating transformable and multifunctional pieces of furniture, with multiple intended uses."

The result is a collection that refuses to accept the limitations of contemporary living. Console tables that expand to seat fourteen. Coffee tables that rise to become dining surfaces. Poufs that conceal four chairs within their upholstered forms. Each piece is a testament to the belief that space-saving should never mean style-sacrificing.

Poetry of Mechanism

What sets Ozzio Italia apart is their obsessive attention to the machinery of transformation. These aren't crude folding contraptions or awkward fold-outs. Every mechanism is a feat of engineering—aluminum telescopic systems, patented opening mechanisms, precision-crafted metal guides that allow surfaces to glide and expand with balletic grace. The technical ingenuity is wrapped in wood, glass, ceramics, and metals finished to perfection, creating furniture that is as much sculpture as it is solution.

The company collaborates with an international roster of architects and designers—Marco Pozzoli, Giulio Manzoni, Andrea Lucatello, Luca Tonelli, Studio Ozeta, and others—each bringing their unique vision to the challenge of making furniture that transforms not just physically, but emotionally, elevating everyday living into something extraordinary.

The Big Round Table

There's something inherently democratic about a round table—no head, no hierarchy, just communion. The Big Round extendable dining table, designed by Marco Pozzoli and Andrea Lucatello, represents the evolution and innovation of the round table mechanism itself.

At first glance, it's a study in sculptural restraint: a circular wooden top balanced on a sophisticated crossed metal base that conveys both strength and personality. The legs, designed with deliberate angularity, give the piece an architectural quality that grounds it firmly in contemporary aesthetics. But this table harbors secrets.

The patented opening mechanism is composed of what Ozzio describes as "a perfect overlapping of solidly held joints." When activated, the table transforms from its compact 130cm circular form into an expanded 165cm round that accommodates ten diners with ease. The transformation is both seamless and satisfying—the kind of mechanical poetry that makes you want to open and close it just to watch it work.

Particular attention has been paid to the natural old oak finish, enhanced by a central inlay that reveals itself only when the table is fully extended—a hidden detail that rewards the act of gathering. When closed, the inlay remains concealed, but as the table expands to welcome guests, this intricate detail emerges at its heart, like the reveal of a secret kept for just the right moment.

The Big Round doesn't just solve the problem of space; it celebrates the ritual of coming together. It's furniture that understands that a dining table isn't merely a surface—it's the stage upon which life's most important scenes unfold.

4x4: Geometry in Motion

If furniture could perform choreography, the 4x4 extendable and expandable table, designed by Giulio Manzoni, would be the prima ballerina. This is a table that doesn't simply extend—it transforms through a geometric ballet that's as mesmerizing to watch as it is ingenious in conception.

The 4x4 presents an exclusive opening system based on the geometric scrolling of tops that allow the table to expand both in length and width. Starting at 170x90cm in its closed position, it can extend to a commanding 224x118cm or, in its larger version, from 200x100cm to 254x138cm—accommodating up to twelve guests.

But the real magic lies in the details. The table's solid crossed metal base in trendy painted finishes provides both structural integrity and visual drama. The top, available in wood, cement, or Marble Glass, reveals a fascinating design element as it expands: the wood grain patterns cross perpendicularly when fully extended, creating an elegant play of surfaces that transforms the tabletop into a work of geometric art.

In the Marble Glass finish—a material that mimics the veining and depth of natural marble—the tops and extensions maintain design continuity whether closed or open, creating a seamless aesthetic that makes the transformation feel almost magical. The sliding metal guides ensure smooth operation, while height-adjustable feet guarantee stability on any floor.

The 4x4 is furniture for the design-conscious who refuse to choose between form and function. It's a statement piece that performs, adapting from intimate dinners to grand celebrations without ever losing its architectural composure.

The Veliero Round Table

Some furniture whispers. The Veliero table makes a proclamation. Designed by architects Luca Tonelli and Davide Carlesi, this piece was created, in Ozzio's words, "to become the icon of your living room."

The name itself—Veliero, meaning sailing ship in Italian—hints at the table's most distinctive feature: its base composed of three shaped wooden "sails" that appear to catch an invisible wind. These sculptural elements aren't merely decorative; they're structural, supporting the generous 180x180cm wooden surface with artistic flair. It's furniture as metaphor, design as poetry.

But the Veliero's innovation extends beyond its evocative form. Embedded within the expansive wooden surface is a 100cm diameter ceramic Lazy Susan tray that rotates a full 360 degrees on its vertical axis. This is the Veliero "crossing the sea of experimentation," as Ozzio describes it—a functional element that transforms dining into an interactive experience.

"One turn of the tray and the dishes travel in your direction," the designers note. "Riding the wave of a new experience." It's a feature that harkens back to ancient Chinese dining traditions while feeling utterly contemporary, facilitating conversation and sharing in a way that makes every seat at the table equally accessible to every dish.

The Veliero seats up to ten guests comfortably, but its real capacity is for creating moments. This is a table designed for lingering over meals, for gatherings that stretch into the evening, for the kind of hospitality that makes guests feel not just welcomed but celebrated. The ceramic tray options—available in various finishes—add another layer of customization, allowing the piece to adapt to different aesthetic sensibilities.

Available in a range of wood finishes from Wild White Oak to Natural Ancient Oak, the Veliero is furniture that anchors a room. It's a piece you build your living space around, not one you fit into leftover space.

What unites the Big Round, the 4x4, and the Veliero, what unites all of Ozzio Italia's collection is a fundamental respect for how we actually live. These aren't furniture pieces designed for magazine shoots and then abandoned for impracticality. They're created for real homes, real families, real spaces that need to adapt to multiple uses throughout the day and throughout life's chapters.

The company's commitment to "Eco Design" ensures that this functionality doesn't come at the expense of the planet. By creating furniture that lasts—both in durability and in timeless design—Ozzio combats the disposable culture of modern consumption. "The reduction of unnecessary components and formal streamlining leads to the creation of functional and long-lasting modern furnishing products," they emphasize. "The emphasis on quality production leads the consumer to shatter the consumerist activity that prevails today."

From their Brianza workshops, with international showrooms in major cities across five continents, Ozzio Italia continues to push the boundaries of what furniture can be. Each piece is handcrafted with the kind of attention to detail that can only come from a company with over six decades of experience and an unwavering commitment to innovation.

Living the Transformation

The beauty of space-saving, multifunctional furniture is that it doesn't just maximize square footage—it maximizes possibility. A studio apartment becomes a place where you can work, entertain, rest, and create without feeling constrained. A dining room adapts from intimate dinners for two to celebrations for twelve. A living space evolves as life evolves, without requiring an entirely new furniture investment.

Ozzio Italia understands that the modern home isn't static. It's a living, breathing space that needs to shift and adapt as we do. Their furniture doesn't impose; it enables. It doesn't limit; it liberates.

The Big Round, 4x4, and Veliero exemplify this philosophy beautifully. Each is a masterpiece of Italian design—sophisticated, refined, and unmistakably luxurious—yet each is also profoundly practical, addressing real needs with real solutions. They prove that you don't have to sacrifice beauty for functionality, that transformation can be elegant, that the furniture of small spaces can have the grandeur of a palazzo.

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