The whimsical Alessi bird whistle tea kettle, designed by architect Michael Graves in 1985, is the company's best-selling item of all time. But when Alessi first approached Graves in 1979, he was a well-known architect who had never before done product design.Aug 9, 2011
What is Alessi design style?
CHARACTERISTICS OF ALESSI PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO EVOKE EMOTIONS AND MEMORIES AND ARE OFTEN FUN. UNUSUAL, STYLISH AND FUNCTIONAL PRODUCTS. DESIGNED TO BE DIFFERENT. EACH DESIGN HAS AN 'ARTISANS' OBSESSION FOR DETAIL, SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED BY OTHER MANUFACTURERS.
Who is Giovanni Alessi?
The firm Alessi was founded in 1921 when Giovanni Alessi Anghini who was a sheet metal worker set up a foundry at Omegna to produce tableware in copper, brass, and nickel silver which was then electroplated. Since then many eminent designers have worked with Alessi.
Who owns Alessi now?
Oakley Capital
What is Alessi best known for?
Alessi is a housewares and kitchen utensil company in Italy, manufacturing and marketing everyday items authored by a wide range of designers, architects, and industrial designers — including Achille Castiglioni, Richard Sapper, Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass, Wiel Arets, Zaha Hadid, Toyo Ito, Greg Lynn, MVRDV,
What is Alberto Alessi famous for designing?
Tea & Coffee Piazza
Is Alessi a design movement?
Alessi was considered one of the "Italian Design Factories". These movements had a different view on design, for the Italian design factories the design and therefore the designer was the most important part of the process while for the mass production the design had to be functional and easy to be reproduced.
What influence has Alessi had on design?
The project earned Alessi a new respect in the design world, and two of those architects—Graves and Aldo Rossi—were key design discoveries for Alessi, going on to create iconic kettles, coffee presses and many other items. The best designers in history, Alberto tells me, have always been architects.Aug 9, 2011
What products are Alessi known for?
Even the most casual observer of housewares will recognize familiar items from the Alessi catalog: an early and classic coffee-shop creamer; a corkscrew with a cutout face, by Alessandro Mendini; a spidery lemon squeezer, by Philippe Starck; a pair of playful salt and pepper shakers with magnetized feet, by Stefano Aug 9, 2011
What is Alessi most popular product?
Kettle 9093 Alessi by Michael Graves This kettle, designed by architect Michael Graves, is perhaps one of the most famous products in the Alessi catalogue. The simple design of the object only enhances Graves' ingenious idea: when the water bubbles, the bird starts singing.