Grinding peppers and cracking chestnuts aren't often joyous moments, that’s, till now. Extension Twergs assortment for his or her Spring/Summer season 2024 launch, the Italian label Alessi relaunches a pepper mill and nutcracker designed by Ettore Sottsass which vibrantly showcases the long-lasting designer's famend poetics in the case of articulating design narratives. The 2 picket objects had been initially launched with Alessi in 1989, however are so avant-garde that you can assume they had been created at this time – a testomony to considered one of Italy's most avant-garde designers.
This model options daring new colours, one thing Sottssass was identified for, alongside the unique model.
Twergi additions are made in Italy utilizing sustainably sourced, FSC licensed wooden. A partially hand turned turning course of creates exact and easy edges. The coloured paints are water-based, utterly solvent-free and meals secure. With their trendy expression, the pepper mill and nutcracker double as sculptural objects whereas additionally being a useful device within the kitchen.
The present assortment of Twergi designs is out there on alessi.com, with new additions coming quickly.
Photographs by Riccardo Gasperoni.
