Alessi Nut Splitter Nutcracker

Features

• A selection of small household objects made with a particularly refined metal-working process and ironic and detailed exploration of valuable things that play a minor role in the houseware.
• Overall height - top to bottom: 0.2".
• Overall width - side to side: 1.38".
• Metaproject designer, Laura Polinoro graduated from DAMS in Bologna. In 1989 she wrote "L'officina Alessi. Alberto Alessi and Alessandro Mendini: 10 years of projects, 1980-1990". In 1990, with Alberto Alessi and Alessandro Mendini, she founded the Alessi Study Center (CSA), a place of experimentation that involves professionals and young creatives from various disciplines. There, she conducted workshops and created innovative collections proposing the concept of a meta-project. Since 2000 she continued her collaboration by founding and directing the LPWK design studio. She's currently a visiting associate professor at Domus Academy and NABA.