Philippe Starck, Alessi, “Dede’” doorstop

1994

Designed by Philippe Starck

Produced by Alessi, Italy

20*20*20 (cm)

Dédé, doorstop by Philippe Starck for Alessi in 1994 and reedited in 2018. This is the original version in 1994, which is made of alluminium, different from the plastic version still sold now by Alessi.

Dédé is a perfect example of Philippe Starck's poetics. It is an expressive and functional object at the same time: a doorstop, whose evocative shape becomes a familiar presence in our days.

“Dédé is waiting.

For life? For love?

Whilst he is waiting, he considers opening or closing the door.

Like me.” -Ph.S

About Philippe Starck

Born in Paris in 1949, designer Philippe Starck has been described in many ways, including as a provocateur, advocate of democratic design, and "superstar of the French design scene". It is said that as a child Starck loved to sleep under the drawing table of his father, an aerospace engineer and inventor. Older, he studied at the École Camondo in Paris where, he would later say, he did not "learn anything", but only read and studied what intrigued him.

Around 1968 Starck founded a studio in Paris, focusing on inflatable design – he collaborated with the absolute master of inflatable furniture, designer Quasar Khanh. The following year the young designer presented an inflatable structure at the Salon de l'Enfance, attracting the attention of fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who immediately offered Starck a position as artistic director.

Towards the end of the 1970s Starck achieved success designing interiors for Parisian clubs such as La Main Bleue in Montreuil and Les Bain Douches, and in the meantime founded a company called Starck Product - later renamed Ubik, after the novel by Philip K. Dick - and begins producing furniture, lighting, and designer accessories for manufacturers of the caliber of Alessi, Driade, Flos, Kartell, and Vitra.

In 1983 the fame of Starck's designs went beyond the borders of France and Europe, thanks to the invitation of French President Mitterrand to renovate his apartments at the Elysée. As expected, shortly after this prestigious job, Starck began to receive regular commissions from restaurants and hotels. Notable works from this period include the Café Costes in Paris (1984), the Manin hotels in Tokyo (1985), the Theatron in Mexico City (1985), the Royalton (1988) and the Paramount (1990) in New York City , and the Delano Hotel in Miami Beach (1995). In 1999 Starck teamed up with developer John Hitchcox to launch Yoo, a company dedicated to residential and commercial interiors.

In addition to product and furniture design, Starck has ventured with great success into large-scale projects, such as the Alhóndiga cultural center in Bilbao (2010), the Port Adriano Harbor in Palma de Mallorca (2012), Steve Jobs' yacht ( 2012), the P.A.T.H prefabricated houses for Riko (2013), and the Le Nuage sports center in Montpellier (2014), among others.

Starck's work can be admired in many European and American museums, including the Musée National d'Art Moderne and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the MoMA and the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein , and the Design Museum London. The Center Georges Pompidou hosted a Starck retrospective in 2003. The awards he has received are too many to list here.

About Alessi

In 1921 the Italian craftsman Giovanni Alessi purchased a piece of land in Omegna, Piedmont, where he founded a small atelier with his brother, called Fratelli Alessi Omegna. The workshop initially produced hand-crafted wood and metal cutlery and household objects, often inspired by Art Nouveau designs popular in Austria and England at the time. Obsessed with the principles of quality and attention to detail, Giovanni Alessi quickly leads his company to success.

In 1932 Giovanni's eldest son, Carlo, joined the family business and, between 1935 and 1945, designed the majority of Alessi products, playing an increasingly important role over the years in the introduction of industrial processes in the company. Thanks to this breakthrough, Alessi receives large-scale commissions from hotels and restaurants. In 1945 another son of Giovanni, Ettore, joined the company as director of the technical office, and soon began to commission projects from independent designers, such as Luigi Massoni.

In the 70s it was the time of the third generation of the Alessi family. The visionary Alberto Alessi was strongly influenced by the Milanese avant-garde community of the time, and began a work of transformation of the company, the aim of which was to make Alessi one of the most advanced and modern designer product manufacturers in the world. Alberto believes that the "function" of objects must always include an emotional component, and to this end he collaborates with countless designers and architects to create new collections imbued with poetry, spirit, and identity.

In the following decades Alessi worked with names of the caliber of Eero Aarnio, Ron Arad, Mario Botta, the Bouroullec Brothers, Andrea Branzi, the Campana Brothers, the Castiglioni brothers, Nigel Coates, Joe Colombo, Michele De Lucchi, Naoto Fukasawa, Frank Gehry, Anna Gili, Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid, Toyo Ito, Piero Lissoni, Enzo Mari, Alessandro Mendini, Jasper Morrison, Jean Nouvel, Karim Rashid, Richard Sapper, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, Studio Job, and Marcel Wanders, among many, many others.

Alessi products can be admired in many museums around the planet: among the most important pieces on display are the Bombé tea and coffee service (1945) by Carlo Alessi, the 9091 (1983) teapots by Richard Sapper and 9093 (1985) by Michael Graves, the Juicy Salif citrus squeezer (1990) by Philippe Starck, and the Anna Gili corkscrew (1993) by Alessandro Mendini. Another project of great importance and originality is the Tea & Coffee Piazza series from 1983, for which Alberto commissioned many "miniature architectures" in limited editions from great architects, such as Hans Hollein, Charles Jencks, Richard Meier, Aldo Rossi, Stanley Tigerman , and Robert Venturi.

Despite the great diversity of its various lines and collections, Alessi has always focused its attention on the highest quality of production, in particular for products in nickel, chromed metals, silver and plastic. With almost half a century of history behind it, the family company remains an established leader in its sector. In 1998 the Alessi Museum was opened on the outskirts of Milan, within which it is possible to admire prototypes, drawings, projects, photographs, publications and catalogues, alongside many products from Alessi and other companies, thus documenting the history of Italian design and home design.

Philippe Starck, Alessi, “Dede” 门挡

1994年

设计师：Philippe Starck

制造商：Alessi，意大利

20*20*20 厘米

Dédé，Philippe Starck 于 1994 年为 Alessi 设计的门挡，并于 2018 年重新编辑发售。这是 1994 年的原始版本，由铝制成，与 Alessi 现在仍在销售的塑料版本不同。

Dédé 是 Philippe Starck 诗学的完美典范。 它同时是一个富有表现力和功能性的物体：一个门挡，其令人回味的形状成为我们这个时代熟悉的存在。

“Dédé 正在等待。

等待生活*？等待爱情？*

在他等待时，他始终在思考是打开还是关上那扇门。

就像我一样。” ——Philippe Starck

关于Philippe Starck

设计师 Philippe Starck 1949 年出生于巴黎，人们对他的评价有很多，包括民主设计的煽动者、倡导者和“法国设计界的超级巨星”。 据说，斯塔克小时候喜欢睡在他父亲（一位航空航天工程师和发明家）的绘图桌下。 长大后，他在巴黎的卡蒙多学院学习，他后来说，在那里他没有“学到任何东西”，而只是阅读和研究了他感兴趣的东西。

1968年左右，Starck在巴黎成立了一家工作室，专注于充气设计——他与充气家具的绝对大师、设计师Quasar Khanh合作。 第二年，这位年轻设计师在儿童沙龙上展示了一个充气结构，吸引了时装设计师皮尔·卡丹的注意，他立即为斯塔克提供了艺术总监的职位。

到 20 世纪 70 年代末，斯塔克为巴黎俱乐部（如蒙特勒伊的 La Main Bleue 和 Les Bain Douches）设计室内设计取得了成功，同时创立了一家名为 Starck Product 的公司 - 后来根据 Philip K. Dick 的小说更名为 Ubik -并开始为 Alessi、Driade、Flos、Kartell 和 Vitra 等知名制造商生产家具、照明和设计师配件。

1983年，由于法国总统密特朗的邀请，斯塔克的设计名声超越了法国和欧洲的边界，翻新了他在爱丽舍宫的公寓。 正如预期的那样，在这份享有盛誉的工作完成后不久，斯塔克开始定期收到来自餐馆和酒店的佣金。 这一时期的著名作品包括巴黎的 Café Costes（1984 年）、东京的 Manin 酒店（1985 年）、墨西哥城的 Theatron 酒店（1985 年）、纽约市的 Royalton 酒店（1988 年）和派拉蒙酒店（Paramount）（1990 年），以及迈阿密海滩的德拉诺酒店 (1995)。 1999 年，Starck 与开发商 John Hitchcox 合作创立了 Yoo，一家致力于住宅和商业室内设计的公司。

除了产品和家具设计之外，斯塔克还成功涉足大型项目，例如毕尔巴鄂的 Alhóndiga 文化中心（2010 年）、马略卡岛帕尔马的阿德里亚诺港港口（2012 年）、史蒂夫·乔布斯的游艇（2012 年） ）、Riko 的 P.A.T.H 预制房屋（2013 年）以及蒙彼利埃的 Le Nuage 体育中心（2014 年）等。

斯塔克的作品在欧洲和美国的许多博物馆中都可以欣赏到，包括巴黎的国家现代艺术博物馆和装饰艺术博物馆、纽约的现代艺术博物馆和布鲁克林博物馆、莱茵河畔威尔的维特拉设计博物馆，以及伦敦设计博物馆。 2003年，蓬皮杜中心举办了斯塔克回顾展。

关于Alessi

1921 年，意大利工匠 Giovanni Alessi 在皮埃蒙特大区的 Omegna 购买了一块土地，并与兄弟一起创办了一家名为 Fratelli Alessi Omegna 的小工作室。 该工作室最初生产手工制作的木制和金属餐具以及家居用品，其灵感通常来自当时奥地利和英国流行的新艺术风格设计。 Giovanni Alessi 痴迷于品质和细节，很快带领他的公司取得了成功。

1932 年，Giovanni 的长子 Carlo Alessi 加入了家族企业，并在 1935 年至 1945 年间设计了 Alessi 的大部分产品，多年来在公司引进工业流程方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。 由于这一突破，阿莱西从酒店和餐馆获得了大量佣金。 1945 年，Giovanni 的另一个儿子 Ettore Alessi 加入公司，担任技术办公室主任，并很快开始委托 Luigi Massoni 等独立设计师设计项目。

70年代，是 Alessi 家族第三代的时代。 富有远见的Alberto Alessi受到当时米兰前卫界的强烈影响，开始了公司的转型工作，目标是使 Alessi 成为世界上最先进、最现代的设计师产品制造商之一。 Alberto 认为，物品的“功能”必须始终包含情感成分，为此，他与无数设计师和建筑师合作，创造出充满诗意、精神和身份的新系列。

在接下来的几十年里，Alessi 与 Eero Aarnio, Ron Arad, Mario Botta, the Bouroullec Brothers, Andrea Branzi, the Campana Brothers, the Castiglioni brothers, Nigel Coates, Joe Colombo, Michele De Lucchi, 深泽直人, Frank Gehry, Anna Gili, Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid, Toyo Ito, Piero Lissoni, Enzo Mari, Alessandro Mendini, Jasper Morrison, Jean Nouvel, Karim Rashid, Richard Sapper, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, Studio Job, Marcel Wanders 等设计师合作。

Alessi 产品可以在全球许多博物馆中欣赏到：展出的最重要的作品包括 Carlo Alessi 设计的 Bombé 茶具和咖啡具（1945 年）、Richard Sapper 设计的 9091（1983 年）茶壶和 Michael Graves 设计的 9093（1985 年） 、Philippe Starck 的 Juicy Salif 柑橘榨汁机 (1990) 和 Alessandro Mendini 的 Anna Gili 开瓶器 (1993)。 另一个具有重要意义和独创性的项目是 1983 年的 Tea & Coffee Piazza 系列，Alberto 委托许多伟大的建筑师设计了限量版的“微型建筑”，如 Hans Hollein、Charles Jencks、Richard Meier、Aldo Rossi、Stanley Tigerman 和 Robert Venturi。

尽管其各种产品线和系列多种多样，但 Alessi 始终专注于最高的生产质量，特别是镍、镀铬金属、银和塑料产品。 这家家族企业拥有近半个世纪的历史且仍然是该行业的领先者。 1998 年，阿莱西博物馆 (Alessi Museum) 在米兰开放，观众可以在馆内欣赏设计原型、图纸、项目、照片、出版物和目录。