Alessi Tales Alessandro Corkscrew - Parade

Fashion-designer Arthur Arbesser was inspired by the artistic tradition of his home city of Vienna to develop unexpected colour combinations: "We work a lot with prints, graphic effects and patterns, which then create special effects when they are sewn and transformed into a dress".

To mark the anniversary of the iconic corkscrews designed by Alessandro Mendini (30 years for Anna G. and around 10 years for Alessandro M.), Alessi has launched a creative exploration focusing on hybridisation, a recurrent theme in Mendini's work. Three talents from the fields of fashion, graphics and painting were asked to reinterpret the corkscrews – resulting in a stylistic and technological renewal. Arthur Arbesser, Studio Temp and Fulvia Mendini have therefore reinterpreted the two Alessi character objects with unexpected colours and innovative styles. Thanks to the use of AlkiPaper®, a new, plastic-like biocomposite material designed to have an ecologically responsible life cycle, the reinterpretation was not only aesthetic but also structural. This is how Arborea, Parade and Liquid were born.

Design by Arthur Arbesser 2024