Alessi — Port | Stainless Steel Basket

Alessi "Port" - The Edge That Tells a Story

There is something both familiar and sophisticated about the Port basket: the tactile memory of a silver paper tray, carefully crinkled by hand, translated into steel with a precision that preserves all the spontaneity of the original gesture. On the table, it becomes a centerpiece, holding fruit, bread, and small everyday objects with the same natural ease as a passing glance.

Why we chose it for you

Lluís Clotet is a Catalan architect who has brought the same formal sensitivity found in architectural design to everyday objects. Fascinated by the crinkles of a simple silver paper tray, he studied how to reproduce the effect with industrial precision: Port's undulating edge is created through a single cold-stamping operation, a complex technique that Alessi - a research laboratory in the applied arts since 1921 - masters with the discretion of those who have nothing to prove. The result is an object that looks effortless, but is anything but.

Features

• Material: Stainless steel
• Diameter: 37 cm
• Height: 6 cm
• Technique: Cold stamping in a single operation
• Designer: Lluís Clotet
• Brand: Alessi, Italy - since 1921

Ideal for

A gift for anyone who loves a beautifully set table without excessive decoration. A quiet centerpiece for the kitchen or dining table, capable of holding fruit, bread, or small objects with understated elegance. And a piece to keep, because truly well-designed objects never go out of style.