Alessi Blow Up Basket

by Alessi

Product Features

• An eye-catching centerpiece empty or filled, this basket turns chaos into its own container
• Designed by Fratelli Campana in 2004; crafted from offcuts of 18/10 stainless steel and hand welded
• Measures 13 inches in diameter and 4 inches high; amply sized for containing fruit, napkins, or bread
• Great gift for newlyweds, new homeowners, or anyone looking for a fresh breath of change in the home
• The basket, a beautiful piece of folk art, should be hand washed; matching baskets available separately

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 13 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000COFAKE
• Item model number: FC02
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,296 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

An eye-catching centerpiece empty or filled, this basket from Alessi turns chaos into its own container. Designed by Fratelli Campana in 2004, the basket is crafted from offcuts of 18/10 stainless steel and hand welded. Measuring 13 inches in diameter and 4 inches high, the basket is amply sized for containing certain fruits, napkins, or bread and the like. A matching Blow Up Citrus Basket is available separately. This basket, a beautiful piece of folk art, should be hand washed for best care. It makes a great gift for newlyweds, new homeowners, or anyone looking for a fresh breath of change in the home. It's easy to coordinate the Blow Up baskets with other household pieces from Alessi. Peruse the full stock to find like-minded, whimsical pieces.

Product Description

The line of items titled "Blow up", marks the start of a collaboration with the Campana brothers from Brazil with Alessi. The inspiration for this design comes from a game called "Shanghai" and was created with the idea of assembling hypothetical offcuts of steel wire, welding them together to form various types of containers. The Campana brothers are without doubt, the most interesting phenomena amongst the pool of talented young international designers. They have brought a healthy breath of fresh Brazilian and sub-equatorial air and poetry to European design houses. Their work is hallmarked by the "use of materials in the raw state and by experimentation with poor and recycled matter. Their hybrid, often primitive forms seek to express the contradictions of their urban chaos, drawing on the vitality of indigenous expressions for endowing the products with an authentic nature, bound to the temperament of local folk" (C. Morozzi).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love!, February 27, 2011

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kiora23 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Alessi Blow Up Basket (Kitchen)

Really pretty! Not huge, but we cram a surprising amount in. Would look lovely with just one type of product--say lemons or apples. Then it would just be absolutely beautiful. Cleans up and adds polish to our counter--especially when mixed and matched with other similar metallic counter accessories. Love it! It's a keeper!

4.0 out of 5 stars Blow up basket diferent and beautiful, November 19, 2011

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Douglas M. Agra "Dagra" (Rio de Janeiro, BRA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alessi Blow Up Basket (Kitchen)

This blow up basket is actually quite unusual. Very nice to put fruits and vegetables to decorate your home. I'd seen in a shop of design products in NY but now bought and worth.