Alessi - Caffetteria con cuore e stelle coffee pot

Designed by Riccardo Dalisi, the Caffetteria con cuore e stelle (Coffee pot with heart and stars) is an enchanting work of art and design that celebrates one of the most brilliant examples of a poetic attitude to design. It is the reproduction of one of the over two hundred prototypes created by Dalisi during the design process that led to the production of his Neapolitan coffeepot in the 1970s, each one different from the last, and gradually more and more expressive to the point of losing any functional appearance and becoming pieces of art. 

Riccardo Dalisi

Architect, born in Potenza in 1931 he teaches architectural planning, Industrial design and is the director of the Institute for Industrial Design at the University of Neaples, Federico II. He was among the founders of the Global Tool group and of an experimental school of craftsmanship called Arti minime. In 1975 he started working as designer and collaborated with companies such as Baleri and Zanotta. He was awarded the Compasso d'Oro prize in 1981. He has published several books among which, L'Architettura della imprevedibilità (1970), La caffettiera di Pulcinella (1987), Progettare senza pensare (1998). 

Alessi

Alessi founded in 1921 as a Workshop for the processing of brass and nickel-silver plates, with foundry, it is recognized for the high quality of its products. In nearly a century of history it has gradually evolved to become a leading exponent of the "Factories of Italian design". The Company is open to change and international development and also deeply rooted in the tradition and cultural background of its territory. Alessi continues to be synonymous with craft objects made with the help of machines. Today Alessi’s goal is to translate the search for the most advanced cultural, aesthetic, executive and functional quality into the industrial production series. The design product stems from the constant search for mediation between art and industry, between the "Immensity of the Creative Possible" and the needs of the market. The company’s commitment is to constantly work on a boundary line, balancing the most advanced expressions of creativity with the needs of the audience. Alessi has been called a "dream factory". Indeed, through its products it aspires to make its contribution to responding to a desire for people's  happiness, to the need for Art and Poetry common to all people.