Gubi Furniture
Danish
Iconic Danish furniture and lighting manufacturer Gubi was founded in Copenhagen by designer-couple Lisbeth and Gubi Olsen in 1967. The brand is celebrated globally for its innovative chairs, lighting fixtures, mirrors, sofas and other furnishings and decor.
The company began as a platform to manufacture the textiles and furniture designed by Lisbeth and Gubi. Soon, the business model broadened. While recent contemporary pieces manufactured by Gubi such as GamFratesi’s Beetle chair have become darlings of today’s interiors, the company is also widely known as a leader in reissuing exquisite Scandinavian and other mid-century modern furniture by a range of design legends.
Swedish architect and interior designer Greta Magnusson Grossman — the first woman to receive a prize for furniture design from the Swedish Society of Industrial Design — emigrated to the United States and built 14 homes in Los Angeles in the postwar era that were inspired by the Case Study Houses. She furnished these homes with her own designs, and her impossibly sleek Grasshopper table lamps and floor lamps — created for Barker Bros. but today made by Gubi — were frequent fixtures in the interiors. Another Scandinavian architect and industrial designer, Louis Weisdorf designed the wildly popular Multi-Lite line of lighting fixtures, which were originally created during the early 1970s and reissued by Gubi in 2016.
Beyond lighting, Spanish designer Barbara Corsini created the distinctively geometric Pedrera coffee table during the mid-1950s that is now made by Gubi, while the Hungarian-born French master of postwar design, Mathieu Matégot, created the Tropique dining table and an elegant three-legged Nagasaki chair, both of which were reissued by the Danish brand. French furniture designer Pierre Paulin created the inviting, organically shaped Pacha lounge chair in 1975. This design yielded a loveseat and a sofa as well. All of these pieces were reissued by Gubi.
Since 2001, Gubi founders’ son, Jacob Olsen, has managed the company, and travels the world to find heirs to the iconic designers of yesteryear in order to secure permission to give their works a second life.
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Creator: Gubi
Beetle Dining Chair, Front Upholstered, Stackable Base, Chrome
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
Looking closely at the anatomy of the beetle insect, characterized by its solid outside and soft inside, the front upholstered Beetle Chair possesses all attributes. The front uphols...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Beetle Dining Chair, Seat Upholstered, American Walnut
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
Looking closely at the anatomy of the beetle insect, characterized by its solid outside and soft inside, the front upholstered Beetle chair possesses all ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Oak
3D Dining Chair, Fully Upholstered, Center Base, Matte Black
By Gubi, Komplot Design
Located in Berkeley, CA
Designed by the creative partnership of Komplot Design, the Gubi chair is the first furniture design to be based on the innovative technique of moulding three-dimensional veneer. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Steel
Beetle Dining Chair, Seat Upholstered, Conic Base, Brass Semi Matte
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
Taking inspiration from the four-legged creature – the beetle, GamFratesi has been looking closely at its characteristic elements: shape, shells, sutures, rigid outside and soft insi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Bat Dining Chair, Un-Upholstered, Conic Base, Antique Brass
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Bat Dining Chair, designed by Danish-Italian design-duo GamFratesi, carries strong references to the interesting characteristics of bats, with its inviting, distinctive shell rem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Brass
2D Dining Chair - Front-Upholstered - Sledge Base - Stackable
By Komplot Design, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
The GUBI 2D Chair is a series of light dining chairs made from laminated veneer with options for front upholstery in a wide range of fabrics and leathers, suitable for both private a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Beetle Dining Chair, Seat Upholstered, Conic Base, Black Chrome
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
Taking inspiration from the four-legged creature the beetle, GamFratesi has been looking closely at its characteristic elements: Shape, shells, sutures, rigid outside and soft inside...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Steel
Bat Dining Chair, Front Upholstered, Wood Base, Black Stained Beech
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Bat dining chair, designed by Danish-Italian design-duo GamFratesi, carries strong references to the interesting characteristics of bats with its inviting, distinctive shell remi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Beech
Bat Dining Chair, Front Upholstered, Wood Base, Natural Oak
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Bat dining chair, designed by Danish-Italian design-duo GamFratesi, carries strong references to the interesting characteristics of bats, with its inviting, distinctive shell rem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Oak
Bat Dining Chair, Fully Upholstered, Conic Base, Black Chrome
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
The bat dining chair is created with a Scandinavian approach to crafts, simplicity and functionalism by Danish-Italian design-duo GamFratesi. The embracing shell with armrests equall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Chrome
3D Dining Chair, Front Upholstered, Sledge base, Matte Black
By Gubi, Komplot Design
Located in Berkeley, CA
Designed by the creative partnership of Komplot Design, the Gubi chair is the first furniture design to be based on the innovative technique of moulding three-dimensional veneer. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Steel
2D Dining Chair - Front-Upholstered - Sledge Base
By Gubi, Komplot Design
Located in Berkeley, CA
The GUBI 2D Chair is a series of light dining chairs made from laminated veneer with options for front upholstery in a wide range of fabrics and leathers, suitable for both private a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Chrome
3D Dining Chair, Fully Upholstered, Wood Base, Natural Oak
By Komplot Design, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
Designed by the creative partnership of Komplot Design, the Gubi chair is the first furniture design to be based on the innovative technique of moulding three-dimensional veneer. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Oak
3D Dining Chair, Fully Upholstered, Wood Base, Black Stained Beech
By Gubi, Komplot Design
Located in Berkeley, CA
Designed by the creative partnership of Komplot Design, the Gubi chair is the first furniture design to be based on the innovative technique of moulding three-dimensional veneer. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Bat Dining Chair, Fully Upholstered, Conic Base, Antique Brass
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Bat dining chair is created with a Scandinavian approach to crafts, simplicity and functionalism by Danish-Italian design-duo GamFratesi. The embracing shell with armrests equall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Brass
3D Dining Chair, Front Upholstered, Sledge base, Chrome
By Gubi, Komplot Design
Located in Berkeley, CA
Designed by the creative partnership of Komplot Design, the Gubi chair is the first furniture design to be based on the innovative technique of moulding three-dimensional veneer. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Bat Dining Chair, Fully Upholstered, Conic Base, Semi Matte Brass
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Berkeley, CA
The bat dining chair is created with a Scandinavian approach to crafts, simplicity and functionalism by Danish-Italian design-duo GamFratesi. The embracing shell with armrests equall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of White Bestlite Pendants, Model BL9, by Robert Dudley Best for Gubi
By Gubi, Robert Best
Located in Lejre, DK
A pair of white bestlite pendants, model BL9, by Robert Dudley Best for Gubi. The pendants are in great vintage condition.
Category
1930s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gubi Furniture
Materials
Metal
Gubi by Greta M. Grossman Walnut & Black 62 Desk
By Gubi, Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in London, GB
Originally designed by Greta M. Grossman in 1952, the desk was named the 62 for being a decade ahead of its time in its design aesthetic.
Now an iconic piece of mid-century furnit...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gubi Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Gubi Doric Coffee Table by GamFratesi in STOCK
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in New York, NY
Table Base: Electric Grey Table Top: Electric Grey
Doric Coffee Table - Rectangular, 140x80x30cm
A response to the architectural traditions of the Classical era, GamFratesi’s Doric Table continues an exploration that the duo began with the Epic Table, and extends the studio’s material investigation into the aesthetic and functional possibilities of limestone. The result is two very different expressions, and two distinct responses to the same inspiration: the Classical column.
THE DORIC COFFEE TABLES...
Category
2010s European Gubi Furniture
Materials
Stone
Paavo Tynell Model 9602 Floor Lamp with Bamboo Shade for Gubi
By Paavo Tynell, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Paavo Tynell Model 9602 Floor Lamp with Bamboo Shade for GUBI.
Originally designed by Paavo Tynell in 1935, this authorized GUBI re-edition is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Brass
Greta Magnusson Grossman Series 62 Four-Drawer Dresser
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Greta Magnusson Grossman Series 62 four-drawer dresser. Designed by Grossman in 1952, but named the 62 dresser as it was deemed to be ten years ahead of its...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Gubi Furniture
Materials
Steel
Gubi furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Gubi 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 Gubi furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 9 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 765 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Gubi were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Verner Panton, Lyfa, and Christian Flindt. Prices for Gubi furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $238 and can go as high as $18,447, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,390.