Alessi
Alessi is one of those companies which embodies a typical phenomenon of Italian industrial culture, namely that of "Italian Design Factories".

The Alessi family is been firmly established on Lake Orta, in a narrow valley in the Italian Alps, close to Switzerland. In this region there is a long-standing tradition in wood and metal handicraft, which has survived up to this day.

Within the Alessi company, design in the current sense of the term began to gain a foothold under Carlo Alessi, who drew on his training as an industrial designer in order to develop virtually all of the products which appeared in the Alessi range between 1935 and 1945. In the 1950s, Alessi began to increasingly rely on the contributions of freelance designers, in accordance with a practice which was to become typical of all "Italian Design Factories."

To this day, Alessi products are still considered as being handicraft items made with the aid of machines, meaning that even though Alessi does rely on contemporary, industrial technology and processing equipment, at the core their practice is still rooted in a handicraft culture.

It is one of Alessi's aims to contribute to this industry and design culture as an artistic mediator, attempting to create new objects, introducing a touch of transcendency, and also helping us all to decipher our own sense of modernity.

Alberto Alessi has worked with hundreds of designers since the early seventies, an experience that he has found most rewarding...

"I am a lucky man: each of these encounters has left me with something of importance. I love seeing how, each time, the "Vastness of the Creative Possible" gels into images, words, gestures and thoughts, always unique, yet always focused on the heroic exploit of expressing something that is larger than we are." -Alberto Alessi.

Alessi does not employ in-house designers, and prefers to work with independent and external talents who remain free from the corporate influence. The current catalog is the result of Alessi's collaboration with over 500 designers from all over the world.
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Steven Blaess
Steven Blaess grew up in the unique environment of the Great Australian Bight. It was somewhere between the open, uninterrupted beauty of the bush and the coastal landscapes where Steven formed an unconcious awareness of his environment. His purpose to create forms and spaces that express simplified beauty and freedom within form is displayed in all of his designs.

Steven graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Human Environments from the University of South Australia in 1994.

Over the past two decades, Steven has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, Middle East and Australia. His work extends across Industrial Design for transport, product, lighting, furniture, plastics, manufacturing, architecture and interiors.

"The products I create are not treated
as design objects, but symbology that
contain their own harmonic meaning
and sacred energy." - Steven Blaess
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1 reviews so far

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This bottle opener is a very stylish little number, and works a treat too!! It makes a fabulous gift for those difficult-to-buy for men in your lives and has the added bonus of looking stunning as well.
Posted by: Krystal - 17 November, 2011, 13:11:47

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special order items

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RETURNS + EXCHANGES POLICY

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