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.
Contemporary Console in Etched Brass with Pivoting Doors and Stone Elm Shelves
By SEM, Giacomo Moor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Pivot collection corner console, simple and sculptural. The supporting structure is a rigid system of metal tubes to which are added shelves in beautiful stone elmwood combined w...
Metal, Brass
Contemporary Console in Etched Brass with Pivoting Doors and Stone Elm Shelves
By Giacomo Moor, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM pivot contemporary collection, console, simple and sculptural. The supporting structure is a rigid system of metal tubes to which are added shelves in beautiful stone elm wood combined with various lacquered containers...
Metal, Brass
Gold Contemporary Two Doors Sideboard, 24-Karat Polished Gold-Plated
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, two doors sideboard. Verdemare lacquered wooden structure, gloss finish. Available more colorway variants. External shell in 24-karat polished yellow gold-plated...
Steel, Gold
Gold Contemporary Three-Door Sideboard, 24-Karat Polished Gold-Plated
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, three doors sideboard. Corallo lacquered wooden structure, gloss finish. Available more colorway variants. External shell in 24-karat polished yellow gold-plated...
Steel, Gold
Gold Contemporary Three Doors Sideboard, 24-Karat Polished Gold-Plated
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, three doors sideboard. Corallo lacquered wooden structure, gloss finish. Available more colorway variants. Plated external shell in 24-karat polished yellow gold...
Steel, Gold
Ledge Floating Console in Bone White by Simon Johns
By Simon Johns
Located in East-Bolton, Quebec
Ledge is a floating console, mounted to the wall, in solid ash with a clear glass top. It stems from material exploration inspired by the cliffs around Johns’ studio, making solid as...
Glass, Ash
$8,250
H 92 in W 38 in D 27.5 in
English Regency Corner Cabinet in Mahogany with Glass Door Panels, circa 1820
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An English Regency corner cupboard in mahogany with pediment top, glazed and mullioned upper cabinet over paneled cabinet, and resting on bracket feet. England, circa 1820. Measures:...
Glass, Mahogany
Ledge Floating Console (61") in Black by Simon Johns
By Simon Johns
Located in East-Bolton, Quebec
Ledge is a floating console, mounted to the wall, in solid ash with a black glass top. It stems from material exploration inspired by the cliffs around Johns’ studio, making solid as...
Hardwood
$10,382
H 31.89 in W 88.19 in D 19.69 in
Contemporary Architectural Lacquered Sideboard/Antique Brass Base
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Sideboard with 4 doors, inside shelf and metal base. Cabinet is lacquered with top veneer walnut, metal base in epoxy powder. Custom sizes and finishes upon request. Top is also of...
Metal
$10,145 / item
H 33.08 in W 83.08 in D 21.26 in
Morelato Joyce Sideboard, in Ashwood with Straw Doors and brass handless
By Morelato
Located in Salizzole, IT
Contemporary style Joyce sideboard made of ashwood Two central doors with Vienna straw and two side sliding doors with handmade brass handles. The top ...
Brass
Ledge Floating Console (73") in Black by Simon Johns
Located in East-Bolton, Quebec
Ledge is a floating console, mounted to the wall, in solid ash with a black glass top. It stems from material exploration inspired by the cliffs around Johns’ studio, making solid as...
Glass, Ash
$2,095
H 31.89 in W 39.77 in D 20.08 in
Small french two-door Cabinet with extractable side leafs in wood, 1970's
Located in Uithoorn, NL
Lovely artisanal two-door sideboard wit diamond feet. Lovely blonde almost yellow wood that has stayed very good over the years. Pretty handy too with those extractable leafs that en...
Bakelite, Wood
Walnut Media Console Room Divider with Sliding Shoji Doors
By Brian Holcombe
Located in Princeton, NJ
Walnut cabinet made by hand and featuring sliding shoji doors and shelves. This cabinet is constructed utilizing time honored joinery techniques featured in...
Walnut
Contemporary Italian Sideboard with Brass Base
Located in London, London
Sideboard Circle detail Ash Brass base Three doors Made by a small workshop in Italy.
Brass
$3,200
H 52.5 in W 24 in D 17 in
Rustic Indian 19th Century Corner Cabinet with Carved Motifs and Shelves
Located in Yonkers, NY
A small Indian rustic wooden corner display cabinet from the 19th century with carved geometric motifs, bow front shelves and weathered appearance. Created in India during the 19th century, this antique wooden corner cabinet...
Wood
$30,805
H 70.87 in W 35.44 in D 19.69 in
Luxury Contemporary Modern Cabinet Sideboard in Iron and Blue Hand Painted Tiles
Located in Coimbra, PT
Materials and finishes: Base in iron, structure in lacquered wood and hand painted tiles, drawers in satin wood. Measures: Height 90 cm 35” Width 180 cm 71” Depth 50 cm 20” ...
Iron
$9,725 / item
H 36 in W 76.5 in D 20 in
Aero Media Console for Sonos with Vinyl Record Storage in Solid Natural Walnut
By Andrew Forseth, Matt Richmond, Blake Tovin
Located in Nyack, NY
The Aero 76" media console provides a place for your turntable, one or two Sonos speakers, CD/DVDs, and up to 360 of your favorite albums. This cabinet is compatible with Sonos One, ...
Wood, Hardwood, Maple, Walnut
Sold
H 23.63 in W 37.41 in D 16.15 in
Midcentury Design Teak Chest of Drawers by SEM, Switzerland, 1960s
By SEM
Located in Praha, CZ
- Switzerland - Manufacturer: SEM (marked by label) - Good original condition.
Wood, Teak
Sold
H 23.63 in W 37.41 in D 16.15 in
Pair of Two Midcentury Design Teak Chest of Drawers by SEM, Switzerland, 1960s
By SEM
Located in Praha, CZ
- Switzerland - Manufacturer: SEM (marked by label) - Good original condition.
Wood, Teak
Sold
H 23.63 in W 37.41 in D 16.15 in
Set of Two Midcentury Design Teak Sideboards by SEM, Switzerland, 1960s
By SEM
Located in Praha, CZ
- Switzerland - Manufacturer: SEM (marked by label) - Good original condition.
Wood, Teak
Midcentury Design Teak Sideboard by SEM, Switzerland, 1960s
By SEM
Located in Praha, CZ
- Switzerland - Manufacturer: SEM (marked by label) - Good original condition.
Wood, Teak