{"id":370521,"date":"2026-04-02T03:27:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/370521\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T03:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:27:22","slug":"alessis-new-junkyard-inspired-espresso-maker-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/370521\/","title":{"rendered":"Alessi’s New Junkyard-Inspired Espresso Maker"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Is Memphis making a comeback? While I wouldn’t go that far, Alessi has unveiled their new Vite<\/a> expresso maker, which wouldn’t have looked out of place in the ’80s or ’90s. Designed by British-Canadian industrial designer Philippe Malouin<\/a>, the bodies are cast aluminum while the base is magnetic steel (so they’ll work with induction ranges). The handles are thermoplastic resin.<\/p>\n

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As for the form, Malouin drew inspiration from junkyards:<\/p>\n

“The Vite project was conceived in a completely unprecedented way in the history of Alessi. Malouin himself uses the term Scrapyard Works: a creative process that quite literally begins in scrapyards, where the designer retrieves metal fragments and gives them new life through recomposition and reinterpretation.”<\/p>\n

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“The coffee maker’s boiler echoes the form of a screw, a direct reference to the gesture involved in using the object. The aluminum of the boiler, contrasted with the colored tank, further emphasizes this connection.”<\/p>\n

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Alessi offers a 3-cup size $175 for and a 6-cup size for $230. <\/p>\n


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