Alessi Tales: Our Anna G. and Alessandro M. corkscrews have changed their clothes

To mark the anniversary of the iconic corkscrews designed by Alessandro Mendini (30 years for Anna G. and around 10 years for Alessandro M.), Alessi has launched a creative exploration focusing on hybridisation, a recurrent theme in Mendini's work. Three talents from the fields of fashion, graphics and painting were asked to reinterpret the corkscrews – resulting in a stylistic and technological renewal.

Arthur Arbesser, Studio Temp and Fulvia Mendini have therefore reinterpreted the two Alessi character objects with unexpected colours and innovative styles. Thanks to the use of AlkiPaper®, a new, plastic-like biocomposite material designed to have an ecologically responsible life cycle, the reinterpretation was not only aesthetic but also structural. This is how Arborea, Parade and Liquid were born.

Arthur Arbesser

Fashion-designer Arthur Arbesser was inspired by the artistic tradition of his home city of Vienna to develop unexpected colour combinations: "We work a lot with prints, graphic effects and patterns, which then create special effects when they are sewn and transformed into a dress".

Fulvia Mendini

Fulvia Mendini, the daughter of the architect and painter, translated her nature-oriented language into a pattern of oak leaves in shades of green and pink: "I imagined Anna G. and Alessandro M. as fairy-tale characters living in the enchanted forest of William Shakespeare's play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'".

Studio Temp

Studio Temp, which uses a language of crossover between street art, manga and cyberpunk in its work, has incorporated some phosphorescent elements that light up in the dark as a tribute to the father of one of the three designers, a radiologist. "The red graphic motifs on Anna G. are inspired by the security textures printed on bank letters, while the motifs on Alessandro M. are reworked elements of popular graphics".

Limited Edition

All three pairs are also available in a special limited edition, each comprising nine pieces plus a designer proof: high-quality workshop objects embellished with special treatments and accessories.

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