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Alessi PSJS Juicy Salif Citrus Squeezer
Product Description
One of the first projects by French designer, Philippe Starck for
Alessi. The Juicy Salif was devised in the second half of the 1980s
(along with the Walter Wayle II wall clock, the Hot Bertaa kettle and
the large Max le Chinois colander). An excellent example of Alessis role
as artistic mediator in the most turbulent areas of creative potential
(the piece was his response to our precise briefing for a stainless
steel tray), it remains unparalleled in its ability to generate
discussions about its meaning and design, partly because of its
unconventional use of what semiologists refer to as the decorative veil
which, even though generally in a less overt manner, is inexorably
destined to cover all objects created by man. To fully understand the
true meaning of its existence, it is possibly necessary to refer to the
theories of Leroy-Gourham, who considers the notion of functional
approximation to be fundamental. This notion suggests that there is
always a certain degree of freedom in interpreting relationships between
Form and Function: it is precisely this continual play between Form and
Function that leads to the decorative veil mentioned above, that Floch
considers to be the manifestation of the legendary and aesthetic
dimension of the object, as originally defined by Greimas. As well as
being the most controversial citrus fruit squeezer of the 20th century,
it has also become one of the icons of design of the 1990s, and it
continues to be one of the most provocatively intelligent articles in
the Alessi catalog.
Condition:Re-newed
Warranty : 90days
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