Juicy Salif’ lemon squeezer by Philippe Starck for Alessi
I came accross this design by accident -a friend of mine was taking a Rhinoceros Course and this squeezer was one of their assignments. I found it quite an outstanding kitchen item, 100% useful and made of just one piece. Read below for more information, hope you enjoy it!
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The ‘Juicy Salif’ lemon squeezer was a classic of postmodern product design of the 1990s. Designed by the internationally renowned French designer Philippe Starck for the Italian firm Alessi as part of the 1986 Project Solferino (a collaborative project between Alessi and Francois Burkhardt from the Centre de Creation Industrielle at the Beabourg in Paris), the ‘Juicy Salif’ was among the first of Philippe Starck’s designs for Alessi, along with a kettle, wall clock and colander.
The design of the ‘Juicy Salif’ is innovative, futuristic and relatively functional. As opposed to other citrus squeezers, the ‘Juicy Salif’ allows juice to flow straight into a glass (pips and pulp included!), rather than passing through a sieve into a dish, and provided a simplified alternative design option for an everyday kitchen task. The form of the squeezer was inspired over a lunch of squid garnished with lemons on the Isle of Capri, and therefore has much in common with this curious marine critter – long legs and an inverted, drooping body. It is an excellent example of innovative design with a sense of humour and of high production standards of mass market articles, for which Alessi is so well known, and which helped to position the firm at the forefront of international design from the 1980s.
The ‘Juicy Salif’ became a bestselling item for Alessi. It represents one of Philippe Starck’s most influential and controversial designs and today, continues to serve as a status symbol, particularly among the intended market of young, middle-class professionals.
Virginia Duran 
beautiful, functional but >>>>expensive. got to love alessi (from afar!)
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Design pieces like this are just not affordable! But yes we would always love alessi : )
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Woooow!, that is Amazing. the design is very innovative and looks futuristic too. I need one please?.. Thank you for stopping by my blog and taking your time to like my post. I highly appreciate it.
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I’m with pleisbilongtumi, I need one of these. Wouldn’t fit the decor, but I could just redecorate around this. đ
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That’s a good way to see it! Anyways it’s a very useful item, we all agree on that point đ
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