​Show and Tell: Alberto Alessi

Product designer Alberto Alessi discusses the iconic moka coffee pot. Read the feature on NOWNESS - bit.ly/1TFd4W3
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[@studioavenue8691]

Today am a fan of Alberto Alessi. He allowed artists to express themselves in everyday objects

[@fron645]

Remember when moving from to the United States, this was my first purchase. 3 years ago and still making my coffee every single morning.

[@Rig0r_M0rtis]

I have the classic Bialetti pot and I love it. Such a simple and elegand desing. I even take it camping as it fits right on top of a gas burner.

[@thor5o482]

My favourite is Piero Lissoni's Pina. I love the Design.

[@LeungMac]

It’s like a living history.

[@marcotogni]

Stupendo video

[@yingsakpetcharasudhi7323]

I love Mendini's an Alessi Mokapot

[@VashTS7]

Best Coffee i ever get in my jhome is made with one of these.

[@teocalmeida]

Aldo Rossi's my favourite

[@winstonli8081]

Teo Almeida Form over function my friend. I own the La Conica it’s terrible as a Moka pot

[@BDCTheSloth90]

The one dislike is Polnareff's

[@LucioDelPiccolo]

Nel 1968 Renato Bialetti dichiarò che la moka nacque nel 1935. Poi per motivi che posso immaginare venne retro datata al 1933. Ora siamo al 1931?

[@LucioDelPiccolo]

@Bohdan M never seen. Have you got a link please?

[@photina78]

"The moka pot is a stove-top or electric coffee maker that brews coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee. Named after the Yemeni city of Mocha, it was invented by Italian engineer Luigi Di Ponti in 1933 who sold the patent to Alfonso Bialetti, an aluminum vendor."

[@LucioDelPiccolo]

@@photina78 where did you copy and paste from? De Ponti was a child in 1933

[@photina78]

@@LucioDelPiccolo Italian Art Society: "The Bialetti Moka Express, invented by Luigi De Ponti and Alfonso Bialetti, was produced for the first time in 1933. One of the most famous and widely known examples of Italian industrial design, it is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. It’s name derives from the city of Mohka, Yemen, which was one of the earliest sources of the highest quality Arabica coffee beans. The inspiration for the coffee pot’s design was apparently the functioning of the clothes washer his wife used."

[@photina78]

@@LucioDelPiccolo Serious Eats: "The beautifully designed Moka Pot, equally ubiquitous and divisive among coffee fans, was invented in 1933 by Luigi di Ponti. The machine was quickly put into production by a mustachioed metal machinist from Piedmont, Alfonso Bialetti, who transformed di Ponti's so-called "Moka Express", an aluminum, pressure-driven stove-top coffee brewer, into one of the most famous, familiar brewers in the world."

[@SHUTUPA100]

he sounds more Israeli to me than Italian

[@smileyShiiZniTZ]

Its an accent from a dialect/language up north of italy called Piedmontese, you can hear the french influence on his pronunciation as it is apart of the western group of Romance languages.

[@kayhanshaghaghi9597]

No matter how I have tried it it never makes a decent coffee.

[@jonahwhale9047]

Actually, the Bialetti is a pretty shit design. The spout dribbles staining the metal, getting coffee on the counter. Had a Japanese person invented it, they would improved it so it did not.