We have always specialized in the specific ambit of bar and wine service objects. Initially, in the 1920s and 1930s, these were silver-plated brass and alpaca items, followed by Carlo Alessi’s 1940s pop series. More recently there was the “Avio” series by Mazzeri and Massoni, still included in our catalog, with the 1957 shaker (art. 870) certainly the world’s best-selling object of its type. In the late 1970s Sottsass designed decidedly professional objects. For a while we have been working on a new series, which has been entrusted not to one but to a number of designers. We are now presenting the first two results of this design operation. The “Cosmo” shaker, designed by Marc Newson, with an ultra thick glass body finished in a fine diamond pattern to enable a perfect grip, and with a plastic central section and lid. “Bolly”, the wine cooler designed by Jasper Morrison, was developed in collaboration with the well-known French champagne producer, Bollinger of Ay, and is an addition to the family of objects created by our favorite British designer.
