Juicy Salif
The lemon squeezer that looks like a spider – and is mostly an idea.
Philippe Starck sketched the squeezer on a napkin in a restaurant, according to the story Alessi tells. It came out in 1990.
Juicy Salif has become a textbook example of postmodern design: an object that starts conversations more than it squeezes lemons.
Materials: Cast aluminium
Manufacture: Made by Alessi.
The ribbed drop on three long, bent legs.
The distance to the glass, which makes the juice splash.
The object as sculpture rather than tool.