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.
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...
Aluminum, Gold
$8,920 / item
Sem In Sync Collection Collage Desk 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...
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...
Aluminum, Gold
Gold Contemporary Square Table, Smoke Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
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 ...
Aluminum, Gold
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 ...
Aluminum, Gold
Fine Chinese Square Corner Table, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Simple lines and balanced proportions keep this antique Chinese center table from the mid-19th century feeling light and open. Originally a writing table for painting, calligraphy an...
Elm
$15,975
H 30.32 in W 98.43 in D 42.52 in
Large Spanish Dining or Desk Table with Carved Legs and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish refectory desk table with solomonic legs and iron stretcher Original perfect condition Top table in perfect shape. Very heavy piece Between legs 81.10 in
Iron
'900 Style Wooden Desk in Cherrywood by Morelato
By Morelato
Located in Salizzole, IT
Flaminia is a '900 style writing desk made of cherrywood with 7 drawers.
Cherry
Pine Farm table with Turned Legs by Alabama Sawyer
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
Made from sustainable urban wood, this (sort of) traditional farm table features turned legs and touches of white and blue color. Perfect for adding fun and delight to your dining or...
Wood, Pine
$6,500
H 29.25 in W 72 in D 44 in
Vintage Plate Glass and Chrome Dining Table Model 6060 by Leon Rosen for Pace
By Pace Collection, Leon Rosen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stylish and sophisticated dining table (model 6060) designed by Leon Rosen for the Pace Collection composed of a heavy plate-glass 72" long top supported by two chrome and plate-glas...
Chrome
Bronze Putti Di Mare and Glass Dining Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Elegant and unusual dining table of patinated bronze and glass. The bronze base depicts a pair of aquatic cherubs, or mermen, with outstretched arms supporting a 3/4" thick piece of ...
Bronze
1950's George Nelson X-Leg Extension Dining Table Model 5062
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Hanover, MA
Early George Nelson model 5062 X-Leg extension dining table for Herman Miller, 1952. Table has two 12 inch extension leaves and pull-out metal extension tracks. Table is 29 inches...
Iron
Dia Chrome and Incised Glass Canted Leg Dining Table
By Design Institute America
Located in Chicago, IL
Design Institute of America chrome and incised grid pattern glass dining table. Canted corner legs add an unexpected design change to the traditional Parsons style table. Glass top i...
Chrome, Steel
$15,995
H 85.75 in W 42 in D 24.25 in
Baker Furniture McMillen Collection Venetian Bureau With Secretary Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An extremely rare and outstanding Venetian Chinoiserie style bureau with drop front secretary desk and hutch top From the exclusive "McMillen Collection" by Baker Furniture USA, Ci...
Brass
$10,400 / item
H 46.46 in W 12.6 in D 33.86 in
Secrétaire Desk in Shagreen and Palmwood by R&Y Augousti
By R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Shagreen Stingray, Palmwood
Drexel Sandia Collection Jacobean Drop-Front Desk
By Drexel
Located in Chicago, IL
Drexel drop front desk from the Sandia Collection, circa 1960s. Interesting writing desk marrying the form of a Govenor Winthrop drop front desk with early English Jacobean...
Brass
Writing Desk in Solid Walnut by Boyd & Allister
By Boyd & Allister
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This writing desk in solid walnut was originally made as a gift for my daughter on her 13th birthday. I designed it to be elegant, simple and timeless; something that could fit seaml...
Walnut
Italian Modern Glass and Aluminium Rectangular Table
By Rimadesio, Giuseppe Bavuso
Located in Boston, MA
The Long Island table, designed by Giuseppe Bavuso, is a perfect table for dining or conference areas. With a sleek, refined look, consistent with Rimadesio’s philosophy, the long Is...
Aluminum
$41,990
H 30 in W 44 in D 99 in
Giorgio Collection Luxor Presidential Desk Makassar Ebony. Made in Italy.
By Giorgio Collection
Located in New York, NY
Giorgio Collection Luxor Presidential Desk – Made in Italy Executive Desk in Makassar Ebony Curved presidential desk in ribbed satined Makassar Ebony veneer with leather writing pad...
Stainless Steel
1970s Chinoiserie Style Desk Century Furniture's Chin Hua Collection
By Century Furniture
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
This vintage piece is a 1970s writing desk from Century Furniture's Chin Hua Collection, lesigned by Raymond Sobota. It features a signature Chinoiserie design with an ebonized maple...
Wood, Paint