Alessi - Jar ES16/100
Ettore Sottsass reinterprets a culinary classic with his unmistakable language of colorful overlapping volumes. The ideal jar for storing dry foods such as rice, pasta, biscuits, or powdered foods such as sugar, salt and coffee. The glass body and hermetic seal keep the flavor and aroma of the products intact.
Ettore Sottsass
Born in Florence in 1938, architect, designer. Critic for Domus, Interni, Casabella and Modo magazines, is among the founders of the Domus Aademy and a member of the CEE Commission for the promotion of European design.Worked for Cassina, Vitra, Zanotta.
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.