I’ll be honest, until I started taking this course I had never heard of Giovanni Alessi or his company. After doing some research I was under the impression that Alessi was similar to an Italian Ikea. I was completely wrong. When we walked into the Alessi Museum I felt like I was in an inventor’s laboratory. I saw objects I would have never been able to imagine in my wildest dreams. Impressed would not begin to describe the way I felt. A few different items that caught my eye included the giant yellow arch in the front of the museum with the words “NOT NEXT” written on the top of it, a heart shaped paper weight, and a lemon squeezer. As silly as it sounds, I LOVED the lemon squeezer. It looked like a spider and I wasn’t entirely sure what it was until the guide explained its function to us. I really like the idea that Alessi features the work of over 200 different designers. Not only does that supply a plethora of ideas for new objects , but it gives a large amount of emerging designers an opportunity for work. I’m grateful for this course, because I’m not entirely sure If I would come across the Alessi company if it wasn’t for this class!
