Alessi Vase Multicoloured Ceramic. Dimensions: Ø 12.6 x H 40 cm. Notice to
collectors, design fans and everyone who’d like to rediscover the essential
figures of Italian design! The iconic Italian brand Alessi is celebrating its
100th anniversary with the “Alessi 100 Values Collection”: this collection
celebrates the values that define the identity and practice of the Dream Factory
(Fabbrica dei Sogni). A collection of surprising objects, from the Alessi
Museum's Archive Fund, which includes projects that have never been produced
before, brand-new versions of cult objects as well as icons in the making.
Twelve projects, each referring to a different value, will be presented over
twelve months, from May 2021 to April 2022. Alessi 100 Values Collection
celebrates 100 years of applied arts research and the start of a new century of
experimentation.For Alberto Alessi, design is a creative discipline of a
fundamentally artistic and poetic nature. It allows us to bring a little
transcendence to our consumer society, to differentiate function and emotion, to
arouse surprise and touch souls with beauty. The permeability between Art and
design so dear to Alessi is fully expressed through Alessandro Mendini's Proust
vase and the 100% Make Up project.In 1992, the 100% Make Up project,
orchestrated by Alessandro Mendini, brought together 100 authors from different
artistic disciplines, invited to design the decoration of a vase created by
Mendini himself. This Proust version offers an extraordinary interpretation of
the famous decor designed in 1976 by Alessandro Mendini. This nebulous print
with its fragmented touches of colour illustrates Mendini's attachment to
pointillism. Mendini drew his inspiration from contemporary paintings by Proust:
the divisionist painting of Paul Signac which proceeds by strokes, by juxtaposed
dotted lines of pure colour. In this way, it’s the eye of the observer that
mixes the colours and not the painter with his palette.The 100% Make Up Proust
vase was originally produced in duplicate for the Italy-Germany 4–3. Fifty
Years of Italian and German Design'' exhibition, held in Bonn in 2000. This
“Proust” version is the 101st vase from the “100% Make Up” collection
created by Alessandro Mendini in 1992. It’s an object straddling art and
design, dedicated to passionate collectors of unique objects and eternal
admirers of the work of Alessandro Mendini (1931 – 2019). Made in a limited
edition of 999 pieces, this is an object of desire for anyone wishing to create
their own private design gallery.Alberto Alessi: “This is a great example of
the approach taken by one of the most artistic designers to have worked with me
in developing the Alessi catalogue. A friend and a teacher, to whom Alessi and
I owe a great deal. ” This porcelain vase is closed by a conical lid. The
body of the vase is decorated with a permanent transfer attached during firing.
The lid and base are gilded with pure gold applied by hand, fired, then cold
brushed after firing. Each piece is unique, since the very high temperatures to
which the porcelain is exposed at different stages of its production can create
slight variations in the shape and pigmentation of the transfer.Alessandro
Mendini was one of the main innovators of Italian design in the 1980s.
Architect, artist, designer, design manager and theorist, he was editor-in-chief
of the greatest magazines devoted to the culture of design, which relayed his
calls for renewal.
