SEM Seating
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.
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Creator: SEM
Contemporary Dining Alea Chair by Hannes Peer for SEM Paesaggio Collection
By Hannes Peer, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary dining chair Alea Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM.
'Alea' is a very particular chair, born from an idea of deconstruction of the basic chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM Seating
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Contemporary Sofa Muir by Hannes Peer
By Hannes Peer, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Sofa Muir Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM.
The idea for the 'MUIR' sofa was born during a trip by Hannes Peer to the Northern California coast, specifically during a stay in a typical modernist house overlooking Muir Beach, this rough beach with surf waves...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Contemporary Armchair Nuvola by Hannes Peer in Santos Rosewood and Full Leather
By Hannes Peer, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary armchair Nuvola Paesaggio collection designed by Hannes Peer for SEM. Structure in lacquered iron, brass details. Shell in wood veneered w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM Seating
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Sofa Nuvola by Hannes Peer in Santos Rosewood and Full Leather
By Hannes Peer, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
By definition this variant of the 'Nuvola' armchair is a 3 seater sofa but it is so much more. Like the armchair it is a sculpture of iron, wood and a wide and soft padding that give...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other SEM Seating
Materials
Brass
Sem Neolitique Collection Chimbu Stool by Motta Architecture
By SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stool’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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM Seating
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM Seating
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
By SEM, vormen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full-grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accommodate the anatomy of the body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Seating
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
By vormen, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lounge armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accomodate the anatomy of the body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Seating
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
By vormen, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lounge armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accomodate the anatomy of the body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Seating
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
By vormen, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full-grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accommodate the anatomy of the body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Seating
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito L Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
By vormen, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lounge armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Seating
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Tailor Made Gomito Chair, Handcrafted Folded Leather Backrest
By vormen, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Armchair made with a thin and elegant hand-welded steel frame whose curvature supports the precious leather, folded and sewn to act as a backrest and the same time as an armrest. Available in red, blue, black structure as per the full-grain leather backrest in Havana, natural and black which is destined over time to soften and accommodate the anatomy of the body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Seating
Materials
Steel
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Sem seating for sale on 1stDibs.
SEM seating are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of leather and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of SEM seating, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original seating by SEM were created in the modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider seating by Dainelli Studio, Tullio Regge, and Roberto Menghi. Prices for SEM seating can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,464 and can go as high as $44,710, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,775.