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"Made in China" is a phrase we hear every day; "designed in China," not so much. To explore the growing world of Chinese design, Italian house Alessi asked prominent Chinese architects
to create a collection of trays ...READ MORE›
For all its high-class connotations, the ritual of making tea is rather messy. After steeping your tea bag, you're required to do one of two things: pull the dripping pouch from your cup and drag it to the nearest saucer, losing ...READ MORE›
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) is set to open an exhibit on the product design of vaunted British architect Zaha Hadid. Hadid is famous for her wild, swooping, techno-fanciful buildings -- stuff that seems like it came straight ...READ MORE›
If you're of the opinion that the bathroom is a good place to think -- and many of us are -- then it couldn't hurt to surround yourself with a purposeful set of objects while you're in there.
[The line includes a toilet brush, ...READ MORE›
Alessi, Italy's venerated purveyor of high-end home wares, tapped the best and brightest from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne recently to produce a set of stunningly simple concept office accessories.
The results are ...READ MORE›
At a time when you can buy Michael Graves tea kettles at Target and Philippe Starck colanders on Amazon, it’s easy to forget that high design only recently entered the everyday kitchen. Much of the credit goes to Alessi, the Italian ...READ MORE›
Alessi unveiled a frisky new collection of domestic wares for Spring 2010, that included a curvaceous mixing bowl, a set of cutlery based on the design of fighter planes and a wall clock that reflects the time of your life.READ MORE›
Last spring, as retail sales were tanking worldwide, the Italian design firm Alessi ramped up. On Wednesday, at its flagship Soho store in New York, the company announced that it would unveil three collections in 2010 instead of the ...READ MORE›
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