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Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
It's not dumb. Just shows you're not brand-obsessed.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I would add I only know the brand because it gets looked at in GCSE product design. When the D&T teacher showed the students a load of Alessi stuff I realised they made the shite lemon squeezer that looks as if it is a Martian spaceship from the 1950s.
RubyBlue
faded and jaded
^^
I have to say I'm not brand obssessed but I have been known to buy the odd designer thing, but no, I prefer simplicity and quality for my home wares 
now i'm well chuffed cos I had no idea Alessi was so cool lets hope it performs good!
Cid
Proper break this time
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
....on a slightly different note it drives the pedant in me to distraction when I see something in a shop described as 'designer' but no clue as to who the designer is. Do the admen think that common-or-garden products are not designed by someone? Do 'lesser' products just evolve?
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I have a set of Alessi salt n pepper pots. Mr and Mrs Chin I think they are called.
I like his/their ? products. I chose the butter dish for my BF to buy our friend for secret santa was a bargain at £12.
I like his/their ? products. I chose the butter dish for my BF to buy our friend for secret santa was a bargain at £12.
Cid
Proper break this time
They're a design factory... Basically they produce products by the world's leading designers. There's no Alessi style as such because it's all by different people. Similar sort of thing to Vitra, although Vitra still produce in-house designs and have a heavy historical aspect too.
i've got the wine bottle stops of mr and mrs chin.
we've also got this kitchen roll holder - we got it for christmas and I couldn't stop laughing for five minutes, it's just so ridiculous
and we've got a boat butter dish.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
It was the boat butter dish I bought...I think it's ace really made me smile when I saw it.
catinthehat
Failed VK = Replicant
Theres practically a whole chapter on Alessi in Juliers 'Culture of Design'.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Are they the real Bialetti spares, that John Lewis no longer appear to stock.
I'm afraid I failed to take your advice on a previous thread and picked some up in Whittards. Unfortunately, it now appears that all of Whittard's branches were stocking some deeply dodgy rubber rings sourced by some prick in their head office that don't quite fit Bialetti stove top machines.
I'm afraid I made some deeply unChristian comments about them deserving it when Whittards went into liquidation before Christmas.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I haven't a clue whether they are, but they have all the sizes for the coffee pots that I posted pics of earlier in the thread and identified as containing my pot.
RubyBlue
faded and jaded
I had to give this a quick bump cos I've just found that the little pot that I started this thread about is selling in John Lewis for £83.00 
I thought the €39.00 I paid was a lot! Also - the coffee is great - I don't really understand how a simple pot can produce good / bad cofee but they do! Anyway, A fab buy
I thought the €39.00 I paid was a lot! Also - the coffee is great - I don't really understand how a simple pot can produce good / bad cofee but they do! Anyway, A fab buy 
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
Are they the real Bialetti spares, that John Lewis no longer appear to stock.
I'm afraid I failed to take your advice on a previous thread and picked some up in Whittards. Unfortunately, it now appears that all of Whittard's branches were stocking some deeply dodgy rubber rings sourced by some prick in their head office that don't quite fit Bialetti stove top machines.
I'm afraid I made some deeply unChristian comments about them deserving it when Whittards went into liquidation before Christmas.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&ref_=nb_ss_kh&field-keywords=bialetti&url=search-alias=kitchen
simple when you google the words bialetti rubber rings
Frankie Jack
Not a bloke..
Derail:
Excellent wee tune......
I’d like to stay in love with you
All summer and after fall
I’ll keep you warm through the winter
Because I’ve noticed one thing
This ain’t no summer fling
I’d like to ride my bicycle with you
On the handlebars
You’d laugh and run away
And I’d chase you through the meadow
Without you I’d die
Let’s never say good-bye
Oh, Lori
You bring the spring, the summer, fall
Ooo and winter
By the season
Oh, Lori (oh, Lori)
You make me feel as though I’ve been born again
Born again
You danced for me in your bare feet
That mellow afternoon
When we made love to each other
And I’m loving you
That’s all I want to do
Oh, Lori
You bring the spring, the summer, fall
Ooo and winter
By the season
Oh, Lori (oh, Lori)
You make me feel as though I’ve been born again
Born again
(repeat)
Excellent wee tune......
I’d like to stay in love with you
All summer and after fall
I’ll keep you warm through the winter
Because I’ve noticed one thing
This ain’t no summer fling
I’d like to ride my bicycle with you
On the handlebars
You’d laugh and run away
And I’d chase you through the meadow
Without you I’d die
Let’s never say good-bye
Oh, Lori
You bring the spring, the summer, fall
Ooo and winter
By the season
Oh, Lori (oh, Lori)
You make me feel as though I’ve been born again
Born again
You danced for me in your bare feet
That mellow afternoon
When we made love to each other
And I’m loving you
That’s all I want to do
Oh, Lori
You bring the spring, the summer, fall
Ooo and winter
By the season
Oh, Lori (oh, Lori)
You make me feel as though I’ve been born again
Born again
(repeat)
Frankie Jack
Not a bloke..
Sat here drinking a very milky Kenco Smooth instant with that song running through my mind...
Mmmmm.. Cawffeeee....
Mmmmm.. Cawffeeee....
Yes, they are... They're a factory who employ some of the world's top designers to make um... Stuff. Lots of iconic designs etc, stuff like this:
I have this kettle
I also had the same one but the electric version. About a year ago we had a gas leak and I got the electric one out to use until we got the gas back on. That night after a few glasses of wine I tried to make a cup up tea. The gas was back on so I put the kettle on to boil. It was the smell that alerted me to the fact that I'd put my electric kettle on the gas hob. I had to throw my lovely kettle in the bin I love Alessi and have loads of it, my latest purchases are the cat and dog bowls
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
i have this too. - birthday pressie from my sisters around 10 years agoYes, they are... They're a factory who employ some of the world's top designers to make um... Stuff. Lots of iconic designs etc, stuff like this:
i'd love some alessi stuff, like this:
but some of it seems a bit too plasticy. just taste, innit.i've got the wine bottle stops of mr and mrs chin.
we've also got this kitchen roll holder - we got it for christmas and I couldn't stop laughing for five minutes, it's just so ridiculous
i loce the cat dishes above.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I really like the metal heart thing for splitting nuts.
Otherwise I already have the all the household items I need which do their job well (some did the job well for my granny and now have come to me!). I already have the best nutcrackers you could wish for. They look like this;
http://www.retonthenet.co.uk/vintag...ackers-by-cl-rimes-limited-of-leeds-432-p.asp
Mine are chipped brown enamel though, not shiny chrome. I do like that heart thing
Otherwise I already have the all the household items I need which do their job well (some did the job well for my granny and now have come to me!). I already have the best nutcrackers you could wish for. They look like this;
http://www.retonthenet.co.uk/vintag...ackers-by-cl-rimes-limited-of-leeds-432-p.asp
Mine are chipped brown enamel though, not shiny chrome. I do like that heart thing
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
I've always thought most Alessi stuff is just style over substance and the things which are actually made well and practical to use have much better designed (aesthetically ) alternatives available which are quite often cheaper .
So to summarise Alessi = crap and people who like it can be put in the same catergory as people who own a Smeg fridge !
So to summarise Alessi = crap and people who like it can be put in the same catergory as people who own a Smeg fridge !
Cid
Proper break this time
Actually it might disappoint you to know that most of it works extremely well and is built to last... Ok the Starck juicer isn't exactly practical and some of the plastic things are meant more as quirky gifts (although they are still very well made, and many of them have functions that you can't really go wrong with), but things like the kettle and the coffee maker work very, very well and last forever (provided you look after them). We have a couple of those espresso makers that belonged to my grandmother and are probably at least 30 years old, still work perfectly.
SMEG fridges, on the other hand, are just shit.
SMEG fridges, on the other hand, are just shit.
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
I quite like the Starck juicer (got bought one as a present). I like getting tons of cheap oranges & having a juicing orgy. It will do glass after glass & then you just wash it, unlike with electric juicers where you have to scrape out the pulp etc..
The only thing is, you have to hold its legs on the surface, as it's unwieldy.
I like the Alessi kettles. Ours is about 20 years old, plastic throughout, & looks like something out of a builders' site office but refuses to break so we can get a nice new cream and chrome one.
The only thing is, you have to hold its legs on the surface, as it's unwieldy.
I like the Alessi kettles. Ours is about 20 years old, plastic throughout, & looks like something out of a builders' site office but refuses to break so we can get a nice new cream and chrome one.
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
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