Alessi Mediterraneo Fruit Holder
MEDITERRANEO FRUIT HOLDER
MEDITERRANEO FRUIT HOLDER
Designed By Emma Silvestris & Lpwk
Once upon a time, coral could be found all over the Mediterranean and it was exported across the world in exchange for spices and perfumes.
Designer Emma Silvestris has skillfully explored the imagery of the sea world to create this basket, which embodies the essential forms and levity of the organisms that populate the ocean. Designed in 2004, this basket paved the way for the Mediterraneo series.
DESIGNERS
EMMA SILVESTRIS
Emma Silvestris, born in Salerno in 1962, currently lives and works in Bari. Having obtained a Bachelor of Arts, specialising in foreign literature and history of art, she subsequently worked as a teacher and researcher.
Since 1990 she has been working in the field of design, taking part in the activities of the Special Studio in Bari. An eclectic and versatile designer, her projects combine soft, feminine lines, the precision and elegance of geometry and the use of ancient symbols.
LPWK
Metaproject designer, Laura Polinoro graduated from DAMS in Bologna. Metaproject designer, Laura Polinoro graduated from DAMS in Bologna.
In 1989 she wrote “L’officina Alessi. Alberto Alessi and Alessandro Mendini: ten years of projects, 1980-1990”.
In 1990, with Alberto Alessi and Alessandro Mendini, she founded the Alessi Study Center (CSA), a place of experimentation that involves professionals and young creatives from various disciplines. There, she conducted workshops and created innovative collections proposing the concept of metaproject. Since 2000 she continued her collaboration by founding and directing the LPWK Design Studio. She’s currently a visiting associate professor at Domus Academy and NABA.
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
Mediterraneo
PRODUCT TYPE
Fruit Baskets
BRAND
Alessi
MATERIAL
Fruit bowl in steel
HEIGHT
9.50 / 9.00 /10.80 cm
DIAMETER
21.00 / 25.00 / 29.00 cm
DETAIL
Emma Silvestris, jewellery designer by trade, celebrates the tree of waters with this fruit bowl, transferring into the cut metal the magical and symbolic aura which has always accompanied this precious organic material since the age of antiquity.
COLOURS
- Red
- Green
- Stainless Steel
