Alessi S.p.A. | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Founded in 1921 by Giovanni Alessi Anghini, the family-owned Italian metalwork manufacturer Alessi has produced household and kitchen wares for nearly a century under the premise that people are not motivated merely by functionality, but have a relationship with their things. The firm believes that designers are the professionals who create objects capable of capturing the publics’ imagination and heart. In 1932, Giovanni’s son Carlo joined his father as the firm’s designer, and began to focus on the appearance of their designs. By 1935, the firm began to shift from production by hand toward industrial techniques and aesthetics, transitioning to mass production in 1945. Between the mid-1940s and the... more.

We have 14 objects that Alessi S.p.A. has been involved with.

This small radio is egg-like, white, with a smooth ovoid body. There is a small, curved, hill-like protrusion emerging from the surface near the top left of the radio. At the bottom center is a round, built-in speaker. On the upper right is a small window with station number indicator above and off to the side of the small protusion. Control dials on back are not visible in photo, and there is an antenna cord trailing from lower right.

A stemless white wine glass of shiny crystalline glass in a simple design with thin gently tapered sides leading to a flat base with curved edge. The photograph captures the empty white wine glass against a gray ground.

A stemless red wine glass of shiny crystalline glass in a simple design with thin straight sides leading to a mildly curved base at the sides. The photograph captures the empty red wine glass against a gray ground.

A stemless water glass of shiny crystalline glass in a simple design with thin gently tapered sides leading to a flat base. The photograph captures the empty water glass against a gray ground.

Alessi S.p.A. has collaborated with
Michael Graves and
Philippe Starck and
Stefano Marzano and
Alessandro Mendini and
Richard Sapper and
Philips and
Roger Swales and
Seiya Ohta and
Alexander Lee.

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