Alessi?s Spring/Summer 2016 Collection sees the venerable Italian housewares brand continuing its partnerships with international architects David Chipperfield UN Studio, and Michele De Lucchi. Featuring products by new collaborators and established designers, the new collection celebrates with variety and precision Alessi?s seminal role as a research lab in the applied arts.
First introduced in 2009, British architect David Chipperfield?s refined Tonale collection features an expressive purity of form and gently varying shades that give the everyday objects a personal feel. For 2016, Chipperfield?the master of minimalism?rounds out the series with new colours and two new designs: a flower vase and serving plate. Pale blue and pale green recalling water and the sky complement the existing earthy tones, and are now available for the cup, teacup, soup plate, bowl, salad bowl and new flower vases. The serving tray is available in light grey in two generous sizes, satinated on the outside to improve grip, and smooth on the inside for easy cleaning. Covering the middle ground between kitchenware and tableware, Tonale offers the chance to compose the table in an original and artistic way. For the 2016 Spring/Summer Officina Alessi Collection, the Ribbon bottle rack was designed in collaboration with UN Studio, the Netherlands-based architecture office led by Ben van Berkel. Ten years after the Tea & Coffee Towers project with Alessi, UN Studio returns to explore the in...