Dressed Saucer - For tea cup by Alessi

"Marcel Wanders, about the ""Dressed"" collection: ""May I invite you at my table, let me serve you food and wine, let me get my special plates, my long legged crystals, my shiny silverware. Because today is a special day, because today the sun came up, because today the air filled our lungs with endless amounts of air, because today children were born from happy parents, and because today I meet some friends. Because today is a special day, because no-one died and no-one cried, because parrots repeat what you tell them and because there are cookies in the shape of flowers. This is a day worth celebrating, a day worth happy faces, worth our best dress our silk stockings our gold green Sunday shirt. Today we don't eat, we dine, today we don't walk, we dance today we don't sleep, we dream today we don't smile, we laugh today we don't wear boots, we wear crystal Cinderella's today we celebrate life and we are dressed for the occasion surprise your heart with your eyes and see that tomorrow will be another very special day..."""

Detailed color: White
Detailed material: Porcelain

Alessi Italian manufacturing soared to new heights in the 20^th century and one company is synonymous with this lofty ascent. Beginning with coffee sets and trays and by the 1950s collaborating with international architects and designers including Ettore Sottsass, Alessi gained international popularity with its first cult object designed by Richard Sapper in 1978. Linking the present to the past, Sapper designed an espresso coffee pot. Philippe Starck was soon to follow with the Juicy Salif lemon squeezer, which has found its way into the Whitney Collection in New York. In fact, Alessi products can be found in museums across the world. Innovation and experimentation are two keys to understanding Alessi’s success.