Alessi

Type
Founded	1921
Location	Omegna, Italy
Key people	Carlo Alessi, Ettore Alessi
Industry	Product Design
Website	www.alessi.com

Alessi is an Italian family-run company, famous for its playful design of affordable objects and appliances for the kitchen, created in colorful plastics and stainless steel. For the designs, Alessi attracts a selection of the world's foremost architects and designers. Image File history File linksMetadata Alessi_logo. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ...

History

Fratelli Alessi Omegna (FAO) was founded in 1921 in Omegna, Italy by Giovanni Alessi. According to a public notice of the commercial fairs of the 1920s FAO defined itself as a workshop FAO innovative and experimental from its origins started to produce domestic crockery from brass plated in nickel and silver. In 1935, Carlo Alessi (born 1916) son of Giovanni, was named design chief. By then the factory stop producing crafts to start massively. In 1945 Carlo ascend to chief executive and designed the coffee service Bombé, an industrial piece manufactured in four sizes. That same year Ettore Alessi joined the company as an expert technician.poo head It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Social issues of the 1920s. ...

Designers

A selection of famous designers and architects that have worked for Alessi:

• Mario Botta
• Norman Foster
• Future Systems
• Frank Gehry
• Michael Graves
• Zaha Hadid
• Hans Hollein
• Toyo Ito
• Charles Jencks
• Greg Lynn
• Richard Meier
• Alessandro Mendini
• Jasper Morrison
• MVRDV
• Jean Nouvel
• Aldo Rossi
• Richard Sapper
• Ettore Sottsass
• Philippe Starck
• Robert Venturi
• Guido Venturini
• Vincent Alessi

Mario Botta (born April 1, 1943) is a famous modern architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. ... Hearst Tower (New York City) Expo MRT Station, Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore. ... The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground Selfridges in Birmingham Birmingham Selfridges Exterior Detail Birmingham Selfridges Interior Future Systems is a London-based architectural and design practice, headed by the couple, Jan Kaplický and Amanda Levete. ... Gehrys most famous work, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. ... Portland Public Service Building Michael Graves (b. ... Zaha Hadid (Arabic: زها حديد) (born October 31, 1950) is a notable British deconstructivist architect. ... Hans Hollein, (March 30, 1934 in Vienna - ) is an Austrian architect Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in [[Vienna in 1956, then in the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of Calfornia in 1960. ... Sendai Mediatheque, a building in Sendai designed by Toyo Ito Toyo Ito (1941-) is considered one of the worlds most innovative and influential architects (Designboom). ... Jencks Landform at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Charles Jencks (b. ... Greg Lynn (born 1964) is an American architect, philosopher, and science-fiction writer who advocates increased used of computer-aided design to produce irregular, biomorphic architectural forms. ... Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is a late twentieth century American architect known for his use of the color white. ... Alessandro Mendini (born 1931 in Milan) is an Italian designer and architect. ... Jasper Morrison (born 1959) is a British product and furniture designer. ... MVRDV is a Rotterdam, the Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1991. ... Jean Nouvel (born August 12, 1945) is a French architect. ... Aldo Rossi, (May 3, 1931- September 4, 1997 Milan, Italy) was an Italian architect. ... Ettore Sottsass (1917-) is an Italian designer of the late 20th century. ... A book about Starck by Taschen Philippe Patrick Starck (born January 18, 1949) is a well-known French designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style. ... Robert Charles Venturi (June 25, 1925 -) is a Philadelphia-based architect who worked under Eero Saarinen and Louis Kahn before forming his own firm with John Rauch. ...

External links

• Alessi web page.