ettore sottsass es17 corkscrew
by Ettore Sottsass, from Alessi
ettore sottsass es17 corkscrew
Design Ettore Sottsass, 1980's
Beech wood
Made in Italy by Alessi
The corkscrew according to Ettore Sottsass: a tool both effective and emotional. Easy to use: the designed volumes reveal an ergonomic shape that is comfortable to hold. Made in Italy, near where Alessi is based, using a partly hand-crafted turning process with wood from a sustainably managed forest. Colored with water-based and totally solvent-free paints that are sustainable for the environment and not harmful to human health.
Part of the Alessi 100 year anniversary values collection. Offered in your choice of colors.
7" h | 2.25" dia.
Beech wood
Made in Italy by Alessi
The corkscrew according to Ettore Sottsass: a tool both effective and emotional. Easy to use: the designed volumes reveal an ergonomic shape that is comfortable to hold. Made in Italy, near where Alessi is based, using a partly hand-crafted turning process with wood from a sustainably managed forest. Colored with water-based and totally solvent-free paints that are sustainable for the environment and not harmful to human health.
Part of the Alessi 100 year anniversary values collection. Offered in your choice of colors.
7" h | 2.25" dia.
$130.00 + free shipping
(usually ships in 2-3 weeks)
Ettore Sottsass
Ettore Sottsass (b. 1917) of Innsbruck, Austria grew up in Milan with an architect for a father. He graduated from Politecnico di Torino in 1939 with a degree in architecture. He served in the Italian military and spent much of World War II in a concentration camp in Yugoslavia In 1981, Sottsass came together with other young designers and architects to form the Memphis Group, who were hailed as one of the most characteristic examples of Post-modernism in design and the arts. Sottsass was simultaneously assembling Sottsass Associati, primarily an architectural practice now based in Londan and Milan. Sottsass had a vast body of work: furniture, jewelry, ceramics, glass, silver work, lighting, office machine design and buildings which inspired generations of architects and designers.
Alessi was founded in 1921 to produce crafted metal accessories for the kitchen. Alberto Alessi launched Alessi into high design through collaborations with designers like Philippe Starck and his Juicy Salif citrus squeezer.