The Tending Box | 2020-2022

Designers: Giulio Iacchetti, Giulio Iacchetti Studio, Milan (MI), Italy with Oscar Quagliarini
Manufacturer: Alessi SpA., Crusinallo di Omegna (NO), Italy

As soft in its line as it is strict in its design, The Tending Box is the new collection of implements for the preparation of cocktails designed by Giulio Iacchetti with the consultancy of mixologist Oscar Quagliarini. The most classic implements of this discipline are reinterpreted in a balanced synthesis between shape and function: a cocktail shaker, a strainer, a mixing glass, a measure for cocktails, a mixing spoon and a whisk take on new technical features and sophisticated aesthetic details.

The objects making up The Tending Box are proposed both individually and in two different sets, to build up, extend or rethink your personal collection as a mixologist. "The word ‘MIXOLOGY’ has always generated in my reflections that led to going beyond.

In the sound of the word, I have always found inspiration to fuel my imagination. The term ‘MIXOLOGY’ can be assimilated for me with the word MISSION, i.e. a route to take with commitment and dedication: another way of expressing the concept of DESIGN.

In addition, in ‘MIXOLOGY"’ several elements are put at the center of the action, and in this case too I have experimented that the first mixing was one I experienced directly by combining my design thought with the strict and detailed indications, but at the same time expressed in a climate of great friendship and light-heartedness, of Oscar Quagliarini, the bar tender who inspired the collection. The tending box project moves along three main directions, i.e.

translating Oscar’s requests into a coherent form, exploring the archetype and its reinterpretation, and lastly studying how to innovate, even with small movements forward, the set of implements for the preparation of cocktails." - Giulio Iacchetti