Carlo Alessi, Alfra Alessi “Mercury” Design Cocktail shaker

c1950

Designed by Carlo Alessi

Produced by Alfra Alessi, Italy

8.5*8.5*18.5 (cm)

Alfra Alessi cocktail shaker Mercurio series, this model was designed by Carlo Alessi in the 1940s and made of chromed stainless steel. This series was produced under different logos until the 1980s. Stamped on the bottom "Alfra Alessi, 18/10 Stainless Steel, Made in Italy, Mod Dep”

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.

Alfra Alessi, “水银”系列不锈钢设计鸡尾酒调酒壶

约1950年 设计师：Carlo Alessi

制造商：Alfra Alessi，意大利

8.5*8.5*18.5 厘米

Alfra Alessi 鸡尾酒调酒壶 Mercurio水银系列，该型号由Carlo Alessi在1940年代设计，采用镀铬不锈钢制成，该系列在不同的logo标志下一直生产至八十年代。底部印有 “Alfra Alessi，18/10 不锈钢，意大利制造，Mod Dep”

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。