Alessi - Colombina tray chromed

A tray with an unusual shape that enriches the original series for the table Colombina collection. The tray Colombina is presented as a versatile object that can also be used as a coaster. Designed by the studio Fuksas.

Doriana e Massimiliano Fuksas

Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas; the Fuksas studio is one of the most successful international architecture firms in the world. Over the past 40 years the studio has developed an innovative approach through an amazing variety of work. For example urban interventions, airports, museums and places for culture and spaces for music. And also the conference centers, offices, interior projects and design collections. Massimiliano Fuksas has been one of the main protagonists of the contemporary architectural scene since the 1980s and has been a visiting professor at numerous universities. Indeed, we mention: the École Spéciale d'Architecture (Paris), the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste (Vienna), the Staadtliche Akademia des Bildenden Kunste (Stuttgart) and Columbia University (NY). In 2000 he was Director of the VII International Architecture Exhibition in Venice: “Less Aesthetics, More Ethics”. Since 2000 he has been the author of the architecture column, founded by Bruno Zevi, of the Italian weekly L'Espresso. Doriana O. Mandrelli was born in Rome where he graduated in History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture at La Sapienza University in 1979 and, later, he also graduated in Architecture at ESA in Paris. He has carried out teaching activities at the Department of History of Art of the Faculty of Letters and the Department of Industrial Design ITACA of Rome La Sapienza. In 2000 for the VII International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, he curated four "Special Projects": Jean Prouvé, Jean Maneval, the Pavilion of Peace and Space Architecture and the section dedicated to contemporary art. Regarding the studio located in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen, and a staff of 170 professionals, it has over 600 projects to its credit. Therefore, he has created works in Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Australia, receiving numerous international awards.

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.