Living Legends

This year, Italian furniture manufacturer Living Divani celebrated two major anniversaries: the company’s 50th, plus 30 years of collaboration with art director Piero Lissoni. Still owned and operated by its founders, Renata Pozzoli and Luigi Bestetti (their daughter, Carola Bestetti, joined them in 2004), Living Divani has accomplished much for a family business, showing persistence and patience as well as an excellent nose for sussing out evolving business and aesthetic opportunities.

When Lissoni came on board in 1989, the company already had an impressive catalogue and a solid reputation in Italy for its clean-lined upholstered products. In combination