“123dl” is a set of three Glasses intended for all sorts of purposes: drinking / toasting, measuring/ cooking, stacking/storing. I was thinking about these Glasses as a set that could satisfy n...

The Eoos group of Austrian designers makes it Alessi bow with the Universal Tasting Glass. I love this glass for the humour behind its paradoxical approach, but also for the legitimacy with which a...

The “Bettina” table service, certainly Alessi's most innovative design in this area, took a long time to complete. It was designed by Future Systems, the designers who, you may remember, were a...

“This is all you need to make a good everyday table setting”. I have always admired Jasper for the coherence and modesty that he applies to his role as a designer, well aware, for example, of t...

The cutlery series “Asta” and the glassware series “Din-don” will complete Alessandro Mendini’s tableware range, which you will recall already comprises the plain white “How much white�...

I must stress the fact that I consider Ettore Sottsass one of my great teachers. I took my first steps in the world of design with him, in 1971. Although in recent years he has designed fewer proje...

The “Mami” Table and glasses sets virtually complete at least the basic Alessi table, as conceived by a designer whose astonishing combination of creative talent and humour together with his ca...

In the second half of the 1990s, with expert advice provided by the wine specialist Veronelli, Achille revised certain functional details of this new project, originally designed together with his ...

The tableware range composed of porcelain (Pluto), glasses (Porthos and Acqua) and cutlery (Yong) represents the core of the Venturini family. The unmistakeable, strong theme of his poetic emerges ...

The Splügen Beer glass and Bottle opener were designed in 1960 for the Splügen Brau bar in Milan (unfortunately now replaced by a fast food outlet).