Carlo Alessi

Carlo Alessi was born in Granerolo (Verbania) in 1916. Carlo Alessi studied technical design at the OMAR institute in Novara and from an early age worked in a metal workshop set up by his father, Giovanni, in 1921. From the mid-thirties until the mid-forties, he designed many Alessi works including the “Ottagonale”, “Scalini”, “Cilindrica” and “Bombé'” series. In the fifties, he became managing director of the Alessi company bringing with him a new international dimension and began working with new external designers. He was president of Alessi S.p.A until 2009, when he passed away.