Alessi

Alessi - Richard Sapper

Richard Sapper, with studies in philosophy, anatomy, graphics, engineering and economics under his belt, loves designing technically complex objects. He has won the Milan's design awards Compassi d'Oro ten times, creating many design classics with the beautifully engineered clean lines he is so well known for.

Alessi - Ron Arad

Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, Professor Ron Arad now lives in London, where amongst other things, he is the Head of the Design Products department at the Royal College of Art. His works have had much acclaim, his style distinctively fluid and organic.

Alessi - Michael Graves

Michael Graves' highly personal and easy to recognise formal style blends influences from the European tradition, Art Deco, American "pop", and flashes of pre-Columbian culture.

Over the past two decades Graves has proved himself as one of the great Alessi designers providing an impeccable combination of style and functionality in all his designs.

Alessi - Alessandro Mendini

Alessandro Mendini has had a special and lasting impact on the history of Alessi. Not only is he responsible for several of Alessi's most recognisable design icons, but, in his role as an architect he has designed two extensions to the factory, the Alessi museum and even Alberto Alessi's house.

Mendini's most famous design is perhaps Anna G. Named after his wife, a giant rendition of the corkscrew now stands at the entrance to the Alessi factory.

Alessi - Miniatures

These miniatures are very aesthetically pleasing, the quality of design and manufacturing quality is not lost when scaled down. The miniature series comprises of a number of classics from the history of Alessi's production, from the “Bombé” teapot by Carlo Alessi (1945) to the “Mami” saucepan by Stefano Giovannoni (1999). The collection was created with special consideration for collectors of Alessi's products, to give them the chance to complete their private collections of authentic objects and with considerable savings in terms of both space and expenditure

Alessi - Alejandro Ruiz

Designer, interior designer and interior decorator, Alejandro Ruiz worked as a designer for Alessandro Mendini at Studio Alchimia and collaborated with Alchimia studio and with Gregotti Associati. He was teacher at the European Design Institute, at Domus Academy and at the Faculty of Architecture Politecnico di Milano in Mantova and he currently teaches at Istituto Macchina in Brescia, Italy.

As well as Alessi, Alejandro Ruiz has produced designs for for Red-Zanussi, Fiat-Alfa Romeo, Electrolux Group, Ikea, Kellogs,Virgin Records, Comune di Bologna, Comune di Milano and others.

The cheese grater Parmenide, designed by Alejandro Ruiz for Alessi is part of the Permanent Design Collection at the MOMA in New York.

Alessi - Mattia Di Rosa

Mattia Di Rosa was born at Carrara in 1969. His obsessive experimental approach focuses on his fascination with errors and chance, his preferred points of reference in his creative process.

Mattia Di Rosa has been working with Alessi since 1992 and has been responsible for many memorable designs in that time.

Orientales

Here you will find a selection of alessi items in the Orientales collection.

Alessi - Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck. World renown for his imaginative and functional designs produced many of his most memorable works for the Alessi design house.