Alessi “Cheese please” Cheese Grater in 18/10 Stainless Steel Mirror Polished, Silver

Price: $75.00 - $58.97
(as of Apr 27, 2023 12:40:54 UTC – Details)

From the manufacturer

Cheese Please

Alessi

Designer: Gabriele Chiave, Lorenza Bozzoli

Cheese Grater Cheese Please

An item that is a play on words, this grater shaped like a cowbell is called “Cheese please” and is designed by Lorenza Bozzoli and Gabriele Chiave. Its eye-catching and evocative cowbell shape also proves to be the best way to interpret its functional aspect. “Cheese please” has circular holes surrounded by tiny teeth. This kind of hole tears at the cheese, a process particularly suitable for mature varieties such as parmesan or pecorino.

The Designer

Gabriele Chiave

Born to diplomat parents in Metz, he has lived in France, Dakar, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Rome, Milan and Amsterdam. Having won competitions for Emergency, Rotari, Epson, Toshiba and Pirelli, as well as spending significant time at Marc Sadler studio, and working with prestigious brands such as Alessi, Dainese, Foscarini and Serralunga, he has mastered the subtle balance between form and function, industry and art, structure and experimentation. Currently serving as creative director at Marcel Wanders, he oversees projects in product and interior design, and art direction for a range of premium brands.

Lorenza Bozzoli

Lorenza Bozzoli was born in Milan. She studied art at Brera where she qualified in the 80. After early work experience as fashion designer of shoes and accessories in New York, back in Milan she set up her own studio in Brera. She now works for various internationally renowned companies such as Alessi, Dedon, Moooi, Dilmos, Colè, Tato, Spazio Pontaccio, Tog.

The company

Founded in 1921 as a “Workshop for the processing of brass and nickel silver sheet metal, with foundry”, Alessi has always stood out for the high quality of its products.

In almost a century of history, the company has gradually evolved to become one of the “Factories of Italian design”, capable of applying its expertise and excellence in design management to many different product types.
Open to change and international development, Alessi at the same time has a strong bond with the traditions and cultural background of its area and continues to be synonymous with handcrafted objects produced with the help of machines.

Alessigraphy: the geography of Alessi production

Since the Company’s Foundation in 1921 the Majority of Alessi Products have Been Manufactured through the Cold Working of Metals, a Tradition that is Kept Alive Today by the Skilled Workers at the Crusinallo Plant in Omegna.

Over time, Alessi also began to work with many other materials, such as porcelain, glass, wood, and plastic. A specific production method was developed for each one. Even when production takes place outside the Crusinallo plant, Alessi’s guidelines ensure the company’s original production quality standards, continuing to reconcile industrial technological complexity with an artisanal eye for detail.

The objects produced from the different materials are manufactured in various production plants across the world. They remain original Alessi objects in that they are conceived with the same design excellence and produced with the same attention to quality that sets the company’s products apart.

In 18/10 stainless steel
Dishwasher safe
Perfect as a gift idea
Dimensions: 4″ x 21/4″ x 61/4″