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Menhir
Designer: Piero Lissoni
Manufacturer: Living Divani
Price: $,$$$

Nobody does low quite as, well, low, as Living Divani. Since the introduction of Menhir, other manufacturers - from Roche Bobois to IKEA - have adopted low into their design portfolio, but Living Divani remain the most audacious and uncompromising. Wenge may not be the de rigueur material it was a few years ago, but it hasn't lost its magic. Menhir employs it in both a glossy and an unexpected textured version; but it's the marble version that is the showstopper. Against anything from polished concrete to shag carpet, its drama is undeniable. Mind the toes, though.