Steel & Style: The Story of Alessi Household Ware by Patrizia Scarzella
Arcadia Editions
Introduction by Paolo Portoghesi
HBK, 1985, pp.187
Text in English.
Very good condition with plastic protective cover.
Minor bumped corner or two.

The best reference published on the philosophy of Alessi production as they began to re-write how and why industrial design may be important to the middle class consumer.

Includes in-depth discussions with many of the designers, as well as preliminary sketches, product images and disscussion of the development of new production.

I would recommend this title to any collector. More importantly, Scarzella did such an outstanding job that portions of this work should be required reading in any industrial design class.