SEM

Italian, 1863-1934

Furniture brand SEM started as a spin-off from Milanese brand Spotti and now has an exceptional reputation of its own. Working with acclaimed furniture designers, including Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi, Vormen and Elisa Ossino, SEM creates personalized and finely crafted solutions for modern living.

During the 1950s, large furniture manufacturers often had difficulty providing customized, high-quality furniture while producing other products on a mass scale. SEM originated from that demand and has evolved to complement Spotti and offer simple, functional and highly ergonomic furniture for both work and home environments.

SEM, which stands for Spotti Edizioni Milano, has attracted a wide range of talent to design its furniture collections. Pivot, named for a hingeless door mechanism in its cupboards, is a design by Giacomo Moor, named as Elle Decor Italia’s Best Young Designer of 2016. Futuraforma, designed by architecture and interior design team Marcante-Testa, is a sophisticated collection featuring the Duale table, the Genio chandelier and the Magico carpet.

Italian architect Hannes Peer lent his expertise to the Paesaggio collection, which features notable designs like the Nuvola armchair, the Alea dining chair, the Petali table lamp and the Butterfly table. Peer’s Butterfly console tables and other tables are a meeting between architecture, design and engineering to produce a complex and organic form that catches the eye.

SEM displayed collections at Milan Design Week in 2018 and 2019 and with AD France’s AD Intérieurs in 2019. SEM also expanded the Paesaggio collection during the 2021 FuoriSalone, Alcova, in Milan.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of SEM tables, seating, lighting and more.

Average Sold Price

$8,510

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Contemporary Console Butterfly by Hannes Peer in matte lacquered finish

By SEM, Hannes Peer

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Contemporary console butterfly, Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM. Wooden structure, concrete/cement handmade resin finish. Behind the natural iconography of furni...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM

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Cement

Contemporary Console Butterfly by Hannes Peer in matte lacquered finish

H 36.42 in W 78.75 in D 13.78 in

Contemporary Console Butterfly by Hannes Peer in Porcelain Finish

By SEM, Hannes Peer

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Contemporary console butterfly, Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM. Wooden structure, concrete/cement handmade resin finish. Behind the natural iconography of furniture pieces names, there are hidden elements with a strong and defined identity, made possible by precise design and material choices. Butterfly console...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM

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Cement

Contemporary Console Butterfly by Hannes Peer in Porcelain Finish

H 36.42 in W 78.75 in D 13.78 in

Sem In Sync Collection Lace Lamp by Zaven

By SEM, Studio Zaven

Located in Brooklyn, NY

In Lace, Zaven takes inspiration from the longstanding tradition of Venetian lace-making. The resulting lamp is a hanging glass doily lace, whose original flattened shape has been be...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM

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Glass

Sem In Sync Collection Lace Lamp by Zaven

H 24.61 in W 13.59 in D 0.79 in

Sem Doodle Collection Medium Pot by Maya Leroy

By SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This plant pot in colors light blue, deep brown, and cream white, exclusive for SEM, has the serial number 2022040. Both vases in the collection have been chromatically studied, in a curious contrast of pattern and materials. “Doodle” is a rough drawing made absent-mindedly. And this is how Maya Leroy’s project started, from a need to create without having to be too serious about it or overly think things while having fun. Air dry clay has proven to be an ideal medium to work independently and without firing and, funny enough, from this total freedom, Maya created an intriguing and psychedelic series which looks unlimited. Opening up to new collaborations, SEM became fascinated with this form of hand crafting with the aim of developing two special objects—created ad hoc by Maya for the milanese brand—in an unlimited series produced by the artisans of the brand’s net.One of the most interesting phenomena of the moment is, in fact, the way in which hands-on designers can bring innovations in craft ateliers, challenging and updating the existing techniques and materials, or simply questioning them and creating a real dialogue between craftsman and designer that has unexpected results. MAYA LEROY Born in 1994 to a Swedish mother and French father, Maya Eline Leroy is an artist and designer currently based in Eindhoven — The Netherlands. Expressing creativity through painting, drawing and hand-building clay. Her Doodle series is an ever expanding collection of unique, hand build and hand painted contemporary ceramics.

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM

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Clay

Sem Doodle Collection Medium Pot by Maya Leroy

H 9.06 in Dm 11.82 in

Sem In Sync Collection Collage Console by Zaven

By SEM, Studio Zaven

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Collage is a family of furniture “accessories” built in wood with natural veneers coated in different colors. The faintly visible presence of the wood’s veins transforms the object i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM

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Wood

Sem In Sync Collection Collage Console by Zaven

H 14.18 in W 35.44 in D 13.78 in

Sem In Sync Collection Collage Bar Cabinet by Zaven

By SEM, Studio Zaven

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Collage is a family of furniture “accessories” built in wood with natural veneers coated in different colors. The faintly visible presence of the wood’s veins transforms the object i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM

Materials

Wood

Sem In Sync Collection Collage Bar Cabinet by Zaven

H 22.05 in W 23.63 in D 7.88 in

Sem Doodle Collection Large Pot by Maya Leroy

By SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This plant pot in colors olive oil and pale pink, exclusive for SEM, has the serial number 2022041. This one, together with the 2022040. Both vases in the collection have been chromatically studied, in a curious contrast of pattern and materials. “Doodle” is a rough drawing made absent-mindedly. And this is how Maya Leroy’s project started, from a need to create without having to be too serious about it or overly think things while having fun. Air dry clay has proven to be an ideal medium to work independently and without firing and, funny enough, from this total freedom, Maya created an intriguing and psychedelic series which looks unlimited. Opening up to new collaborations, SEM became fascinated with this form of hand crafting with the aim of developing two special objects—created ad hoc by Maya for the milanese brand—in an unlimited series produced by the artisans of the brand’s net.One of the most interesting phenomena of the moment is, in fact, the way in which hands-on designers can bring innovations in craft ateliers, challenging and updating the existing techniques and materials, or simply questioning them and creating a real dialogue between craftsman and designer that has unexpected results. MAYA LEROY Born in 1994 to a Swedish mother and French father, Maya Eline Leroy is an artist and designer currently based in Eindhoven — The Netherlands. Expressing creativity through painting, drawing and hand-building clay. Her Doodle series is an ever expanding collection of unique, hand build and hand painted contemporary ceramics.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM

Materials

Clay

Sem Doodle Collection Large Pot by Maya Leroy

H 13.78 in Dm 15.75 in

Sem Neolitique Collection Nenet Chair by Motta Architecture

By SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This chair’s design is based on bold marks and primitive volumes. The solid wood is shaped and then patiently brushed so that the grain can be felt to the touch. The legs are elegant...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM

Materials

Wood

Sem Neolitique Collection Nenet Chair by Motta Architecture

H 3.94 in Dm 16.93 in

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Sem furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

SEM furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of SEM furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 2 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 58 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by SEM were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Cara e Davide, Dom Edizioni, and Dilmos Edizioni. Prices for SEM furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $791 and can go as high as $118,567, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $9,945.