Agence Volta

Meï 05 Side Table

Side Tables · Collection Meï

Created for Monde Singulier

MaterialWalnut

€5.450

Tax-free

Made to order · 12 to 14 weeks

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Finishes · 4

Material	Dimensions	Materials	Availability	Price
Walnut	W 40.5 × D 40.5 × H 47 × Ø 40.5 cm	Walnut	Made to order 12 to 14 weeks	€5.450
Burl Wood	W 40.5 × D 40.5 × H 47 × Ø 40.5 cm	Burl Wood	Made to order 12 to 14 weeks	€18.180
Oak	W 40.5 × D 40.5 × H 47 × Ø 40.5 cm	Oak	Made to order 12 to 14 weeks	€4.950
Lacquered Wood	W 40.5 × D 40.5 × H 47 × Ø 40.5 cm	Lacquered Wood	Made to order 12 to 14 weeks	€5.100

The story

The Meï 05 is a side table by Agence Volta, compact in scale and uncompromising in geometry, part of the Meï collection for Monde Singulier.

The round top carries a slightly recessed lid, a detail that gives the surface a layered quality without breaking its circular discipline. Below, four rectangular walnut panels intersect at the centre to form an X-shaped base, a structural solution that doubles as the piece's defining visual element.

Dark walnut throughout, with a grain that reads consistently from the top surface through to the base panels. There is no applied detail: the wood and its grain carry the entire composition.

The Meï 05 is the smallest table in the collection, and in some ways its most resolved. The X base appears across other Meï pieces as a formal motif, repeated until it becomes a signature.

About Agence Volta

Volta is a Paris architecture and interior design studio founded in 2016 by Agathe Lavaud. Based in the Marais (3rd arrondissement), the studio works on bespoke private commissions: apartments, country houses, and heritage buildings treated as distinct spatial problems rather than typological exercises.

Six months studying in Rome gave Lavaud her foundational references. Aldo Rossi and Andrea Palladio shaped her attachment to symmetry and classical proportion. Those references surface in her work through structure and restraint, not quotation. The studio draws by hand and builds physical models; 3D renderings come last, if at all. Lavaud notes that 90% of clients learn to trust what they cannot yet visualize.

Materials define the studio's practice. Lavaud has developed a proprietary cork tinting process using natural pigments, a formula refined after a sourcing trip to Porto. The studio also collaborates with startups producing merrazzo from marine sediments, treating material innovation as a design value rather than a sustainability checkbox. Natural varnishes, textured stone, and a restrained chromatic palette run through the work consistently.

Notable projects include a duplex renovation in a Paris Art Deco building, an apartment in Marcel Breuer's Flaine ski station (2019), and a country house near Chantilly (2023). Each project begins with a detailed reading of the site; the intervention seeks to enhance the existing character rather than overwrite it.

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Delivery and terms

Every piece is packed and shipped under insurance, from the workshop to you. White glove delivery (unpacking, installation, packaging removal) is available on request. Delivery is not charged at checkout: we send you a quote within 24 business hours of your order. You have 5 days to accept and pay it (secure payment link or bank transfer), otherwise your order is cancelled and fully refunded.

Tax-free export price. Import duties and local taxes, if any, are paid by the buyer. Delivery quoted within 24 business hours.