Giant of modern design Alberto Alessi was in Milwaukee yesterday to deliver a lecture at the Milwaukee Art Museum as part of the four-day "Art of the Table" event. We sat down with him for a few ...

MILAN — Alessi may be marking its 100th anniversary, but president Alberto Alessi is clearly one to look ahead rather than back. So much so that the exhibition to be staged during Milan Design Week is ...

You might imagine that Alberto Alessi is as finished a product as those his company sells. Instead, it’s a pleasure to discover he is a gentle, disarmingly honest figure in whose blue eyes you can see ...

News: Italy's design manufacturing capability is at risk of disappearing, according to Alberto Alessi, president of design brand Alessi. The country's producers could go the same way as its great ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Alberto Alessi works from the kind of office in which most people would struggle to work at all. On a bright summer day, the design ...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of the Style Italia series exploring the past, present and future of Italian design. Omegna, Italy CNN — Whether its a stainless steel Moka coffeepot that prepares ...

This autumn Italian design firm Alessi, arguably the most recognised name in tabletop design globally, is joining forces with its equally iconic birra-brewing compatriot, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, to ...

In the podcast, Alessi describes the characteristics of Italian design companies and tells the stories behind the kettles by Richard Sapper and Philippe Starck for the brand. Sent on alternate Fridays ...

Alberto Alessi is the third generation to lead his family's iconic design firm. Founded and still based in Crusinallo, about an hour north of Milan, Italy, the firm remains privately owned. In ...

Alberto Alessi talks to Maggie Scardifield about timeless design, poetry and his signature chicken. At Cascina Eugenia, Alberto Alessi’s home at Lake Orta in Italy’s north-west, the dining table is ...