Alessi PSJS Juicy Salif Citrus Squeezer

One of many first tasks by French designer, Philippe Starck for Alessi. The Juicy Salif was devised within the second half of the 1980s (together with the Walter Wayle II wall clock, the Scorching Bertaa kettle and the massive Max le Chinois colander). A wonderful instance of Alessis function as creative mediator in essentially the most turbulent areas of inventive potential (the piece was his response to our exact briefing for a stainless-steel tray), it stays unparalleled in its capacity to generate discussions about its which means and design, partly due to its unconventional use of what semiologists confer with as the ornamental veil which, though usually in a much less overt method, is inexorably destined to cowl all objects created by man. To completely perceive the true which means of its existence, it’s probably essential to confer with the theories of Leroy-Gourham, who considers the notion of practical approximation to be basic. This notion suggests that there’s at all times a sure diploma of freedom in decoding relationships between Type and Perform: it’s exactly this continuous play between Type and Perform that results in the ornamental veil talked about above, that Floch considers to be the manifestation of the legendary and aesthetic dimension of the item, as initially outlined by Greimas. In addition to being essentially the most controversial citrus fruit squeezer of the 20th century, it has additionally develop into one of many icons of design of the 1990s, and it continues to be one of the provocatively clever articles within the Alessi catalog.

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Juicy Salif citrus squeezer in aluminum by Philippe Starck in 1990
Iconic design of the 20th century that graciously welds type and performance, with humor.
Packaging: 1 piece in a field
ALESSI assortment
5-1/2 inch diameter, 11-1/2 inch peak