Alessi - Cactus! fruit basket

CACTUS! is a fruit bowl decorated with a travertine that reminds the thick interweaving of the leaves of cacti. The tunnel becomes an ornamental element that gives value to a seemingly simple object, expanding its function from container to sought-after piece of furniture.

Marta Sansoni

Marta Sansoni, an architect and designer living in Florence (Italy), graduated in architecture in 1990. She participated in several national and international design exhibitions and competitions: among these, the 1990 Memory Containers with Alessi. In the field of architecture, she has realized projects for new buildings in Florence and many projects of interior architectural design for private houses, shops, restaurants coffee shops, wine-bars and offices in Italy and abroad. In the design area, she has realized for Alessi two articulated families of objects (Cactus!, Ba-Rock) and a series of individual objects.

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.