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Tea & Coffee Piazza
Oscar Tusquets Design
Oscar Tusquets, design 1983
silverplate tea service consisting
of teapot, covered sugar, creamer, and tray; the lids for the teapot and
sugar bowl are crystal; for full details on this tea service click left
for a larger photo and information about the Tea & Coffee Piazza Programma
- the Oscar Tusquets design is the only tea service of the eleven
to have been made available in silverplate
retromodern
price, $1,690
set
of four pieces
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Tea & Coffee Piazza Book
Officina Alessi with introduction
by Alessandro Mendini, 1983
incredible survey of the Tea
& Coffee Piazza project from 1979 - 1983 whereby several important
architects from around the world were commissioned to design limited edition
tea and coffee services in silver -- the results are amazing! retromodern
stocks the Oscar Tusquets silveplate tea service and additional information
can be found on this set in our Alessi special objects area
retromodern
price, $20
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Esercizio Formale 1979
Ettore Sottsass, 1979 (special
anniversary edition published October 1989)
hard-bound book beautifully
printed with Sottsass' handwritten words and ideas in Italian accompanied
by reproductions of watercolor sketches of these ideas -- many of which
pre-figure the Alchymia movement of the late 1970s and the Memphis movement
of the early 1980s
this book is editioned and is
limited to 499 examples which were printed in 1989
retromodern
price, $55
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Multi-Model X
sculpture
Alessi D'Apres Collection
Dusan Dzamonja, 1974
18/10 stainless steel
signed and numbered by the artist
measures 7" diameter x 6" h
on a black wooden base
weighs 24 pounds composed of
stacked rotatable discs
retromodern
price, $829
please
note this item is going out of production and will soon not be available
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Narciso
sculpture
Alessi D'Apres Collection
Andrea Cascella, 1977
18/10 stainless steel
signed and numbered by the artist
measures 6.25" diameter x 6.5"
h
retromodern
price, $339
please
note this item is going out of production and will soon not be available
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F.O.C.
"Forma Orizzontale Circolare"
sculpture
Alessi D'Apres Collection
Carmelo Cappello, 1974
18/10 stainless steel
signed and numbered by the artist
measures 13.5" diameter
retromodern
price, $259
please
note this item is going out of production and will soon not be available
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Bombe
tea and coffe service
Carlo Alessi, design 1945
available as shown in stainless
steel with black bakelite handles
set includes tray, coffee pot,
teapot, milk/cream jug, and covered sugar bowl
(click left for considerably
larger image and more information about this Alessi classic)
retromodern
price, $845
for
set of five pieces
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Genetic Tales Floor Vase
Andrea Branzi, design 1998
large ceramic vase in an edition
of 99; this edition is 58/99.
edition has been sold out and
this is the only piece of the edition currently in the United States
measures 41.5" height x 14"
diameter at widest point
retromodern
price, $1,895
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L'oggetto dell' equilibrio/
the balanced object
Centro Studi Alessi 1990 - 1996,
Electa/Alessi, Italy, 1996
paper with fold out cover, 268
pages lavishly illustrated in color features a series of essays in both
English and Italian discussing the function of the object -- truly an incredible
art book with stunning photographs. This book also includes an interactive
CD ROM which is visually stunning set to music and features highlights
of Alessi's object range interspersed with thought-provoking language.
retromodern
price, $69
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Ecolo
Enzo Mari, Alessi, Italy, 1995
a beautifully crafted "book"
which functions also as object; designed by Mari as a "vase assembly kit"
the user follows Mari's instructions to create a vase from a plastic container
-- the tag as shown left is then affixed to the finished product.
paper, 40 pages with laminate
tag and black slipcover case for book.
retromodern
price, $11
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Philippe Starck Distordre
Philippe Starck and Alberto
Alessi, Electa/Alessi, Italy, 1996.
paper with carboard cover featuring
line drawings and photographs of Starck's work for Alessi; a dialogue about
design is presented in conversation form between Starck and Alberto Alessi
- their conversation is translated into English, French, Italian and German
-- each language section is underscored by different line drawings by Starck.
retromodern
price, $48
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Rebus Sic.
Laura Polinoro, editor, Alessi,
Italy, 1991
heavy paper in spiral bound
metal binder features 280 pages of beautifully printed drawings and photographs
with essays and discussions by contributors about consumption, design,
and an "awareness of the things we buy."
retromodern
price, $34
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Not in Production
Next to Production
Alberto Alessi, Alessi, Italy,
1988
cardboard cover catalogue to
the exhibition of the same name held in Milan from September 2 - October
15, 1988 featuring photographs and drawings of 57 prototypes of objects
which never went into production. Featuring fascinating designs by
important designers in a beautifully crafted format with gloss photographs
and opaline overlays; book is wrapped in opaline.
retromodern
price, $26
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Opere postume
proggettate in vita
edited by Bruno Pedretti, Alessi,
Italy, 1995
cardboard cover featuring 115
pages of in-depth discussion and photographs of Bauhaus designs by Brandt,
Knau, Schulze, Przyrembel, and Rittweger posthumously put into production
by Alessi.
retromodern
price, $40
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