Alessi

Italian housewares and kitchen utensil company Alessi was founded in 1921 by Giovanni Alessi who started with producing tableware items a few years after World War I. His son Carlo became the first designer and his brother Luigi introduced the collaboration with external designers. Alessi believes that functionality will have to go hand in hand with aesthetics and they are supported by research that proves that our emotions are influenced by items around us. Many of their products can be seen in well- known museums around the world – Centre Pompidou, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.