Alessi Mediterraneo Cup Holder
MEDITERRANEO CUP HOLDER
MEDITERRANEO CUP HOLDER
Designed by Emma Silvestris, LPWK
Paper cup holder in 18/10 stainless steel mirror polished.
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
Laura Polinoro
Designer and meta-projector, graduate of the DAMS in Bologna, wrote the book "L'officina Alessi.
Alberto Alessi and Alessandro Mendini: Ten years of projects, 1980-1990". In 1990, Alberto Alessi entrusted her with the management of the Alessi Study Centre (CSA), a place of experimentation where professionals from different disciplines and young creatives came together in workshops and designed innovative collections, developing the concept of meta-design.
Since 2000, she has continued her collaboration with Alessi as part of the LPWK Design Studio, which she founded and manages. She teaches at the Domus Academy and the NABA.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Alessi
CODE
ESI19
PRODUCT TYPE
Cup Holder
COLLECTION
Mediterraneo
DESIGNERS
- Emma Silvestris
- LPWK (Laura Polinoro)
PRODUCTION
Made in Italy
USE
Cups
LENGTH
18.50 cm
WIDTH
9.50 cm
HEIGHT
33.00 cm
SHIPPING
Free
FAMILY - MEDITERRANEO
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.
STORY
The Mediterraneo decor was born in 2004 during Lightness of Steel, a design workshop curated for Alessi by Laura Polinoro (LPWK). Participants were asked to reinterpret steel in objects that did not communicate physical solidity, and to draw on imagery related to the biological, organic and natural world, which has always been a powerful evocative force when used in objects.
Sheet metal fretwork emerged as an ideal way to infuse steel with lightness. Emma Silvestris responded to this challenge with a bold oxymoron, transferring to metal the delicateness of organic coral.
