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Agence Volta
Meï 08 Coffee Table
Coffee Tables · Collection Meï
Created for Monde Singulier
MaterialWalnut
€8.600
Tax-freeMade to order · 12 to 14 weeks
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The label
W 31.5 × D 31.5 × H 11.8 × Ø 31.5 in
Finishes · 4
| Material | Dimensions | Materials | Availability | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Walnut | W 80 × D 80 × H 30 × Ø 80 cm | Walnut | Made to order 12 to 14 weeks | €8.600 |
Burl Wood | W 80 × D 80 × H 30 × Ø 80 cm | Burl Wood | Made to order 12 to 14 weeks | €29.130 |
Oak | W 80 × D 80 × H 30 × Ø 80 cm | Oak | Made to order 12 to 14 weeks | €8.350 |
Lacquered Wood | W 80 × D 80 × H 30 × Ø 80 cm | Lacquered Wood | Made to order 12 to 14 weeks | €7.800 |
The story
The Meï 08 is a circular coffee table by Agence Volta, low and compact, part of the Meï collection for Monde Singulier.
The top is thick and circular, with a subtle layered edge that gives it a studied mass. Four rectangular walnut legs arrange in a cross pattern at the base, providing stability while echoing the X motif used across the Meï collection. The proportions are compact: the table sits close to the ground, its mass concentrated in the top rather than the structure.
Dark walnut throughout, the grain reads consistently across top and base. The piece holds a density unusual for a coffee table at this scale. Weight comes from the thickness of the top, not from ostentation.
The Meï 08 continues the cross-base logic that runs through the collection: a structural choice repeated in walnut across multiple Meï pieces, rendered here in its densest, lowest form.
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.
As our pieces are made to order or one of a kind, they cannot be returned or exchanged.