Alessi Max le Chinois Drainer Design Philippe Starck Italy 1990s - Italy, 1990s

Designer: Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck (Paris, January 18, 1949) is a French architect and designer. He began his career with the production of inflatable furniture in 1968 and subsequently received important job assignments. In 1974 he settled in the United States and then returned to Paris two years later. He founded the Starck Product company (1979) to market previous creations. Particularly famous is the Juicy Salif juicer (1991-Alessi) which has become a "cult object". He currently lives and works in Paris. He holds the position of professor at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Works: The nightclubs "La Main Bleue" in 1976 and "Les Bains Douches" in 1978 the private apartments of the President of the French Republic at the Elysée in 1982 The Café Costes in 1984, the Restaurant Theatronnel in 1985, the Restaurant Manin in 1987 hotel "Royalton" in 1988 and "Paramount" in 1990 The Groninger Museum in 1993 ENSAD in 1998 Asakusa Brewery (Tokyo, Japan) For Kartell he designs the chair "La Marie", "Ero | S |", "Victoria Ghost "," Louis Ghost "," Dr. NO and Dr. NA "In 1994 he designed the Motò 6.5 2005 Gun Collection for Aprilia for the Italian furniture and lighting company FLOS.

Production: Alessi

Alessi S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of design objects, founded by Giovanni Alessi in 1921. The first objects designed date back to the mid-thirties, when Carlo Alessi, son of the founder, began his business within his father's company, and then took over the management in the fifties. Many of the products made by the company until 1945 were designed by Carlo; after that date he completely abandoned planning to devote himself exclusively to business management. Design, in the sense that it is currently given to this term, became the main component of Alessi's activity starting from the seventies when Alberto Alessi began collaborating with a series of external designers, such as Achille Castiglioni, Richard Sapper and Ettore Sottsass. Since the eighties, collaborations with the biggest names in Italian and international design have meant that the company's products are characterized by being the result of a poetic and expressive research, typical of the activity of a "laboratory operating in the field of applied arts ". This company policy can be traced back to the idea of craftsmanship that the company wants to pass on for consistency with its roots and with those creative and intellectual movements that, starting from the Arts and Crafts of the mid-19th century, had the aim of artistically redeveloping production. serial. The "Italian design factories", including Alessi, are the "spiritual heirs" of these movements. Among the designers who have collaborated with Alessi over the years are: Alessandro Mendini, Aldo Rossi, Ettore Sottsass, Richard Sapper, Achille Castiglioni, Stefano Giovannoni and Philippe Starck. In 2004 Alessi presented the Tea & Coffee Towers project operation, 20 tea and coffee sets designed by a group of international architects, including Greg Lynn, Gary Chang, MVRD, Tom Kovac, SANAA - Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa , David Chipperfield, William Alsop, Dezsö Ekler, Zaha Hadid, Toyo Ito and Jean Nouvel. The company currently exports 65% of its production to 60 different countries.

Time: 1990s

1990s