SEM Desks and Writing Tables
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
Gold Contemporary Square Table, Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs
By SEM, Paolo Rizzo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, square table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polished or ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold, Aluminum
Sem In Sync Collection Collage Desk by Zaven
By Studio Zaven, SEM
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 Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Gold Contemporary Rectangular Table, Glass Top and Gold Plated Aluminium Legs
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, rectangular table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polishe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Gold
Gold Contemporary Rectangular Table, Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs
By SEM, Paolo Rizzo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sem Gold collection, rectangular table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polishe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Gold
Gold Contemporary Square Table, Smoke Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs
By SEM, Paolo Rizzo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, square table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polished or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Gold
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Sem desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.
SEM desks and writing tables 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 SEM desks and writing tables, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original desks and writing tables 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 desks and writing tables by Cappellini, Ivan Paradisi, and Roberto Lazzeroni. Prices for SEM desks and writing tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $8,109 and can go as high as $12,716, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $11,978.