“I still believe that finding a heart on your teacup helps you see the sunshine every morning”. These are the words of Miriam Mirri, who has designed a family of objects whose reference symbol is the heart.

An evocative shape that makes the elements of the Alessi & Tea set unique and refined. The mug, perfect for enjoying tea and herbal infusions, is paired with a long spoon, duly proportioned in size. An essential combination to offer a sweet warm cup from the heart.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Designer - Miriam Mirri
Material - 100% Bone China (Mug), 100% Stainless Steel (Spoon)
Weight: 0.4kg

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Italian designer, she was born in Bologna. She lives and works in Milan where since 2010 her office is based. She studied design and communication at the Università del Progetto. She collaborated with several design companies; she worked with Stefano Giovannoni until 1999. In 2000 she began her freelance designer activity; she designed houseware, pets accessories, day and night objects, watches, complements and furniture collaborating among others with Alessi. She took part in national and international exhibitions. She has held design-workshop at the Università del Progetto and at the Domus Academy in Milan and presented her works at some design master courses.

ABOUT ALESSI

For over a century, Alessi has been creating extraordinary objects that make people dream, feel, think and experience poetry in their daily lives. By collaborating with the best creative minds from around the world, Alessi brings the most unexpected and contemporary expressions of design culture into people’s homes.

The Italian company was founded in 1921 by Giovanni Alessi and initially concentrated on metal kitchenware. His products and designs of coffee pots became so popular, that by 1924 the brand name ‘Alessi’ was well established.

By the 1950s the company broadened its approach, deciding to collaborate with well-known designers. The aim was to break away from modernism and even traditional designs and to try more unconventional design ideas, including those from groups such as Studio Alchima (Alessandro Mendini) and Memphis (Ettore Sottsass). Other designers associated with Alessi include Aldo Rossi, Philippe Starck and Michael Graves. The collaborative and creative approach they use has become the hallmark of the Alessi brand.

Alessi is now a B Corp, a company which strives to maximise the positive impact they have on their employees, the communities in which they operate and the environment, by using the business as a force for regeneration and sustainability.