coffee spoon, Alessi; Toyo Ito

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Alessi; Toyo Ito, coffee spoon
Alessi; Toyo Ito, coffee spoon
Alessi , Toyo Ito
coffee spoon
designed 2004
Alessi, manufacturer
founded 1921
Toyo Ito, designer
born 1941
coffee spoon, designed 2004
Where object was made: Italy
Material/technique: stainless steel
Credit line: Gift of Robert A. Hiller
Accession number: 2013.0150.01
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
“Holding Pattern: New Works at the Spencer Museum,” Sep-2014, Susan Earle and Cassandra Mesick
This set of coffee spoons follows a tradition of architects designing flatware and other eating utensils. Each of the eight spoons was designed by one of the following architects: Denton Corker Marshall, Doriana e Massimiliano Fuksas, David Chipperfield, Will Alsop, Hani Rashid, Wiel Arets, Jean Nouvel, and Toyo Ito. The set was manufactured by Alessi, an influential Italian design firm.

Exhibitions

Holding Pattern: New Works at the Spencer Museum
Susan Earle, curator
Kris Ercums, curator
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2014–2015