Description
Alessi reissues some of Ettore Sottsass's finest creations from the Twergi collection. Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), an influential master whose creations are exhibited in major design and contemporary art museums, is recognized worldwide as one of the great innovators of design and architecture in the second half of the 20th century.
The Wood creations in the Twergi collection are aime ...
The Wood creations in the Twergi collection are aime ...
Alessi reissues some of Ettore Sottsass's finest creations from the Twergi collection. Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), an influential master whose creations are exhibited in major design and contemporary art museums, is recognized worldwide as one of the great innovators of design and architecture in the second half of the 20th century.
The Wood creations in the Twergi collection are aimed at all design fans, all enthusiasts of one of the most influential masters of Italian design. Featuring Ettore Sottsass's typical superimposed colored volumes, this Nut cracker is a nod to fans of the designer's iconic "totems". A vibrant, sculptural object in turned Wood that eloquently expresses Sottsass's poetics. This small, colorful sculpture can be displayed on a shelf or work top.
The Twergi collection was born in 1989 from the desire to revitalize the tradition of woodturning, an emblematic skill of the region where Alessi is based. Fascinated by the simplicity of the wood lathe, an ancestral craft machine, Ettore Sottsass drew inspiration from it to design the Twergi collection. The original colors are now joined by new chromatic combinations.
This Nut cracker is made in Italy from solid FSC-certified Beechwood, using a partly hand-turned process. It is colored with water-based paints and is totally solvent-free.
A few turns of the wrist are all it takes to crack your nuts or Hazels.
Ettore Sottsass: ''My childhood was conditioned by the presence of Nature... The massive Dolomites, the trees with their splendid trunks topped by high canopies, the deep valley and the mountains above, in short, the sensation of the weight of nature and the landscape. I also had an impression of superposition, because light things are always in the air, heavy things are always down below. I've got into the habit of playing a child's Toy a lot, and realized it late in life: I always put one thing on top of another, even when I'm drawing. Almost all the objects I design have a Base, they don't touch the ground directly. As soon as you put a shape on a base, the shape immediately takes on importance, becomes stronger: it becomes a small monument. Your relationship is with a small monument. So you pay more attention.
The Wood creations in the Twergi collection are aimed at all design fans, all enthusiasts of one of the most influential masters of Italian design. Featuring Ettore Sottsass's typical superimposed colored volumes, this Nut cracker is a nod to fans of the designer's iconic "totems". A vibrant, sculptural object in turned Wood that eloquently expresses Sottsass's poetics. This small, colorful sculpture can be displayed on a shelf or work top.
The Twergi collection was born in 1989 from the desire to revitalize the tradition of woodturning, an emblematic skill of the region where Alessi is based. Fascinated by the simplicity of the wood lathe, an ancestral craft machine, Ettore Sottsass drew inspiration from it to design the Twergi collection. The original colors are now joined by new chromatic combinations.
This Nut cracker is made in Italy from solid FSC-certified Beechwood, using a partly hand-turned process. It is colored with water-based paints and is totally solvent-free.
A few turns of the wrist are all it takes to crack your nuts or Hazels.
Ettore Sottsass: ''My childhood was conditioned by the presence of Nature... The massive Dolomites, the trees with their splendid trunks topped by high canopies, the deep valley and the mountains above, in short, the sensation of the weight of nature and the landscape. I also had an impression of superposition, because light things are always in the air, heavy things are always down below. I've got into the habit of playing a child's Toy a lot, and realized it late in life: I always put one thing on top of another, even when I'm drawing. Almost all the objects I design have a Base, they don't touch the ground directly. As soon as you put a shape on a base, the shape immediately takes on importance, becomes stronger: it becomes a small monument. Your relationship is with a small monument. So you pay more attention.
In detail:
Variation : Pink / Red
Brand : Alessi
Designer : Ettore Sottsass
Type : Nut cracker
Colour : Pink - Red
Material : FSC-certified solid Beechwood (water-based, solvent-free lacquer)
- Dimensions : 6 x 6 cm x H 11 cm
- Weight : 0.44 lb
- Characteristics : Design icon - Designed in 1993 by Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007) - For nuts and Hazels - Made in Italy - Certified wood - Partly hand-turned - Not dishwasher safe
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