Iconic Danish furniture and lighting manufacturer Gubi was founded in Copenhagen by designer-couple Lisbeth and Gubi Olsen in 1967. The brand is celebrated globally for its innovative chairs, lighting fixtures, mirrors, sofas and other furnishings and decor.
The company began as a platform to manufacture the textiles and furniture designed by Lisbeth and Gubi. Soon, the business model broadened. While recent contemporary pieces manufactured by Gubi such as GamFratesi’s Beetle chair have become darlings of today’s interiors, the company is also widely known as a leader in reissuing exquisite Scandinavian and other mid-century modern furniture by a range of design legends.
Swedish architect and interior designer Greta Magnusson Grossman — the first woman to receive a prize for furniture design from the Swedish Society of Industrial Design — emigrated to the United States and built 14 homes in Los Angeles in the postwar era that were inspired by the Case Study Houses. She furnished these homes with her own designs, and her impossibly sleek Grasshopper table lamps and floor lamps — created for Barker Bros. but today made by Gubi — were frequent fixtures in the interiors. Another Scandinavian architect and industrial designer, Louis Weisdorf designed the wildly popular Multi-Lite line of lighting fixtures, which were originally created during the early 1970s and reissued by Gubi in 2016.
Beyond lighting, Spanish designer Barbara Corsini created the distinctively geometric Pedrera coffee table during the mid-1950s that is now made by Gubi, while the Hungarian-born French master of postwar design, Mathieu Matégot, created the Tropique dining table and an elegant three-legged Nagasaki chair, both of which were reissued by the Danish brand. French furniture designer Pierre Paulin created the inviting, organically shaped Pacha lounge chair in 1975. This design yielded a loveseat and a sofa as well. All of these pieces were reissued by Gubi.
Since 2001, Gubi founders’ son, Jacob Olsen, has managed the company, and travels the world to find heirs to the iconic designers of yesteryear in order to secure permission to give their works a second life.
Barba Corsini 'Pedrera' Coffee Table in Black for Gubi
By Barba Corsini, Gubi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barba Corsini 'Pedrera' Coffee Table in Black for Gubi The Pedrera coffee table was designed in 1955 by Barba Corsini for the loft space at La Pe...
Metal
Barba Corsini 'Pedrera' Coffee Table in Chrome for Gubi
By Barba Corsini, Gubi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barba Corsini 'Pedrera' Coffee Table in Chrome for Gubi The 'Pedrera' coffee table was designed in 1955 by Barba Corsini for the loft space at La Pedrera, the famous landmark in Barcelona. Executed in glass with a chrome base, the table fits well into any contemporary home. In 1955 Barba Corsini renovated the loft space within Antoni Gaudi's famous building “La Pedrera” in Barcelona, transforming it from a simple laundry room and storage area into 13 modern duplex apartments. To reinforce the modernist style of the rooms, Corsini decorated the apartment with furniture that he designed himself, including Pedrera lamps and tables. The slender base of the Pedrera Coffee Table...
Metal, Chrome
Large Jacques Adnet 'Circulaire' Glass and Tan Leather Coffee Table for GUBI
By Jacques Adnet, Gubi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Jacques Adnet 'Circulaire' Glass and Tan Leather Coffee Table for GUBI. Originally designed by Jacques Adnet in the 1950s, this incredibly refined coffee table is executed in ...
Leather, Glass
‘IOI’ Travertine Coffee Table by GamFratesi for GUBI
By Gubi, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
‘IOI’ Travertine Coffee Table by GamFratesi for GUBI A modern-day homage to the elegant geometry of Art Deco design, GamFratesi’s IOI Collection showcases the studio’s dedication to...
Travertine, Steel
Large ‘IOI’ Travertine Coffee Table by GamFratesi for GUBI
By GamFratesi Design Studio, Gubi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large ‘IOI’ Travertine Coffee Table by GamFratesi for GUBI A modern-day homage to the elegant geometry of Art Deco design, GamFratesi’s IOI Collection showcases the studio’s dedicat...
Travertine, Steel
Large Jacques Adnet 'Circulaire' Glass and Cream Leather Coffee Table for GUBI
By Jacques Adnet, Gubi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Jacques Adnet 'Circulaire' Glass and Cream Leather Coffee Table for GUBI. Originally designed by Jacques Adnet in the 1950s, this incredibly refined coffee table is executed i...
Leather, Glass
GUBI Pedrera Coffee Table Brass Base by Cosini & Ruiz Millet
By Joaquim Ruiz Millet, Gubi
Located in New York, NY
The Pedrera Coffee Table was originally designed in 1955 by renowned architect Barba Corsini for the loft apartments at the iconic La Pedrera building in Barcelona, designed by Anton...
Brass
Gubi Pedrera Coffee Table In Brass Base and Glass by Corsini&Ruiz Millet
By Joaquim Ruiz Millet, Gubi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Barba Corsini in 1955, the Gaudí-inspired Pedrera Coffee Table features a sculptural steel base and organically rounded glass top, echoing the undulating forms of Casa Mi...
Steel
Gubi Pedrera Coffee Table In Brass Base and Bronze Glass by Corsini&Ruiz Millet
By Joaquim Ruiz Millet, Gubi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Barba Corsini in 1955, the Gaudí-inspired Pedrera Coffee Table features a sculptural steel base and organically rounded glass top, echoing the undulating forms of Casa Mi...
Steel
Cesare Lacca Sculpted Brass Coffee Table
By Cesare Lacca
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant Cesare Lacca brass coffee table. Sculpted, solid brass base with cutouts, original green tinted glass. Classic Italian 1950s style that fits in any decor and setting. This...
Brass
GUBI Pedrera Coffee Table Black Base by Cosini & Ruiz Millet
By Joaquim Ruiz Millet, Gubi
Located in New York, NY
The Pedrera Coffee Table was originally designed in 1955 by renowned architect Barba Corsini for the loft apartments at the iconic La Pedrera building in Barcelona, designed by Anton...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by A. Pittalis, Brass & Glass, 1970
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (circa 1970) \'Paperclip\' design coffee / cocktail table comprised of brass plated steel D-shaped sections arranged in a circle to form the table base supportin...
Brass
