Alessi • PARMENIDE
Cheese grater
Thermoplastic resin and steel. Designed by Alejandro Ruiz in collaboration with the Alessi Research Centre (CSA) for Alessi.
REF. 51823
W.15,3 x H.6,7 x D.7,5cm
In Stock
The Parmenide grater, designed by Alejandro Ruiz, combines two domestic kitchen products in one and is both a cheese grater and a cheese cellar.
This delightful little container is incredibly handy when you want to serve cheese at the table and its innovative combination of two separate functions has helped earn it a place at the New York MoMA.
Alejandro Ruiz was born in Argentina and after completing his undergraduate studies in Industrial Design from the National University of La Plata in Buenos Aires in 1984, he moved to Italy to pursue a Master's degree at Domus Academy in Milan.
Alejandro gained valuable experience working with renowned designers such as Alessandro Mendini at Studio Alchimia and Pierluigi Cerri at Gregotti Associatti International.
In 1994, Alejandro founded Studio Ruiz Sas, a design practice that operates across a range of design disciplines including product design, visual communication, and interior design. Over the years, the studio has worked with a number of high-profile clients including Electrolux, Venini, Alessi, Authentics, 3M, Fiat-Alfa Romeo, Fiannini, Ikea and many others.
Making the ordinary extraordinary. Creating everyday objects that are interesting and desirable, where aesthetics, functionality and quality find their balance in a cultural and emotional dimension that charms and surprises.
Since 1921, the year in which the firm was established, most Alessi objects have been created via cold processing of the metals and, even today, are still made in Italy by highly skilled craftsmen at the factory in Crusinallo, Omegna.
In recent decades, Alessi has also included many other materials in its catalogue, such as wood, porcelain, glass, plastic, etc. Strict quality standards are applied to each of them, with constant mediation between the technological complexity of industrial production and the attention to details typical of craftsmanship.
Alessi is not a production industry in the traditional sense, but a sort of laboratory of industrial research into applied arts. Open to change and to international development, the company is also deeply rooted in tradition and in the cultural background of its territory: Alessi continues to be synonymous with artisan products made with the help of machinery.
Since its establishment, Alessi has gradually evolved, becoming a leading exponent of the “Factories of Italian design”, capable of mediating between the most interesting expressions of international creativity and the public, society and the market. Its mission is to translate these creative expressions into real objects capable of fulfilling dreams and satisfying the public’s desires.
