ambiente – decorate life

Programma 8 by Franco Sargiani and Eija Helander for Alessi 2005

70s: Franco Sargiani and Eija Helander Alessi draw for the “Program 8″, a comprehensive and full of small household objects and modular units based on the same methodology employed by the International style of architecture of that period: the theory of metaprogettazione to open system, adapted to the composition of infinite free housing types and formal. Defined by Alessandro Mendini “the most advanced system ever built home at the international level” (home Landscape, 1979) this project, a radical revision of the instruments for service in the kitchen table and geared for maximum convenience and flexibility of use that all ‘era of his presentation was much buzz in the small world of the Arts de la table, is now resumed and completed by adding features from the cook and serve the store.

Table set 70s

A distance of three decades, and after so much work Alessi  has developed on the research front and expressive of the strong visual identity of objects, it seems interesting to repeat the scene of this beautiful utopia design standards and deactivation of archetypal forms of household, research a different balance between Bello and Profit.

This series composed of flat plates, dessert plates and a bowl, all in white porcelain, complete the “Programma 8″ line, fitting precisely into the guiding aesthetic of simple expressive rigour and modularity that characterises the project as a whole.

The primary and fundamental unit remains the stainless steel tray around which grow stoneware containers, dosing for oil, vinegar, salt, pepper in 18/10 stainless steel mirror polished, bakelite and glass, cutlery from the service, bamboo-wooden chopping board with feet in non-slip rubber.