This design unites oak leaves and foliage in an ensemble that forms a tree-like costume in shades of green and pink. I imagine Anna G. and Alessandro M. as fairytale characters living in the enchanted forest of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. In their leaf-covered dresses, they float through the meadows among the fairy flowers, taking part in festive dances in an endless search for secrets and hidden desires.

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 Fulvia Mendini 2024