Alessi is a kitchen utensil company from Italy.They design everyday items from plastic and metal.From the 1980s onward, Alessi has been particularly associated with the notion of  designer "objects "- otherwise ordinary tools and objects executed as high design, particularly in a post-modern mode, from designers such as  Philippe Stark. Most of the memorable "designer kettles," "designer toothbrushes," "designer graters" and so on were Alessi products.

Alessi was founded in 1921[1] to produce crafted products in metal for eating and drinking, by Giovanni Alessi. In 1935, Carlo Alessi (born 1916), son of Giovanni, was named chief designer. In 1945 he ascended to chief executive and designed the coffee service Bombé, an industrial piece manufactured in four sizes. That same year Carlo's younger brother, Ettore Alessi, joined the company as a technician.