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 impresario has drawn the shutters in his cluttered HQ just outside ...

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 ...

The whimsical Alessi bird whistle tea kettle, designed by architect Michael Graves in 1985, is the company's best-selling item of all time. Courtesy of Alessi, design by Michael Graves Tiny, ...

Alberto Alessi would agree with his pal Philippe Starck on the uselessness of design if it weren’t for his family company’s roots. “I totally understand his position and I’d be happy to agree with him ...

Iconic Italian homeware brand Alessi has sold a 40 per cent stake to private equity fund Oakley Capital. The British fund bought into the brand for an unknown figure. The Alessi family retains the ...

NEW YORK – Alessi‘s Soho flagship store, a longstanding landmark on design-heavy Greene St., recently reopened following a two-month renovation. Designed by Hani Rashid and Asymptote Studio, the shop ...

As a fledgling designer, there are few experiences as esteemed as winning a design competition like the Alessi Design Award. For Anita Dineen, winner of the 2014 prize, it was her “unconventional” ...

If there is one Italian brand that comes to mind when people speak of industrial design, it is Alessi, better known as the "Factory of Italian Design." The company was founded by the Alessi family ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the short twisting drive between the Alessi design factory in the foothills of the Alps near Italy’s border ...

The whimsical Alessi bird whistle tea kettle, designed by architect Michael Graves in 1985, is the company's best-selling item of all time. Courtesy of Alessi, design by Michael Graves Tiny, ...