Accessories Alessi opener hummingbird Giulio Iacchetti

Uselen Alessi is a letter opener shaped like a hummingbird, designed for the 2011 collection by Giulio Iacchetti who found inspiration in nature and nature itself has made this funny wooden accessory first, then brushed 18/10 stainless steel, elegant and minimal at the same time. In explaining the inspiration of Uselen, Cremonese designer, said to be particularly susceptible to the charm of hummingbirds , this lively little bird with a long slender beak, which Giulio Iacchetti defined as elegant. Let’s close to what it is.

Iacchetti, in his design for Alessi , he studied the shape and movements of a hummingbird and then adapt to the role of opener , and the result is a slim and stylish accessory that with a bang, as a movement of the tail of the bird, opens the envelope.

To carry out the knife, it took a lot of concept art and lots of wooden prototypes , which are gradually simplified and improved.

All of this slow process has certainly frightened the designer Giulio Iacchetti, who likes to admit his passion for the creation of several prototypes in hand, realizes that personally, without the help of his collaborators.