19/1999
Collection
Metalwork
Brief description
'Juicy Salif' aluminium lemon squeezer, designed by Philippe Starck in 1988 and manufactured by Alessi.
Title
Juicy Salif
Object name
squeezer
lemon squeezer
lemon squeezer
Object number
19/1999
Location
On Display
Production person
Philippe Starck (designer)
Production organisation
Alessi (manufacturer)
Aria (retailer)
Aria (retailer)
Production date
1988 (designed)
Production place
Islington (retailed)
Period
Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Material
aluminium
Technique
polished
cast
cast
Physical description
'Juicy Salif' lemon/orange squeezer. Made of highly polished cast aluminium. The lemon is meant to sit on top of an invented tear-shape, which is faceted to guide the juice. The 'tear' is raised on three slender, tapering legs which have a 'knee' below which the leg drops down and returns to the point of the tear (reminiscent of a spider's leg).
Dimensions
Height: 29cm
Website keywords
Eating, drinking and smoking
Decoration and furnishings
ornaments
Household management and family wellbeing
cooking
Decoration and furnishings
ornaments
Household management and family wellbeing
cooking
Label
Caption for Exploring 20th Century London website:
Philippe Starck designed this notorious lemon squeezer, named 'Juicy Salif', for Alessi in 1988. Alberto Alessi has written that the design came about from a series of sketches of squids scribbled onto a napkin, each squid evolving more recognisably into the shape of the squeezer. This particular example was bought from the shop Aria on Upper Street in Islington.
Label text for the exhibition At Home with the World, Geffrye Museum (20 March 2012- 9 September 2012):
‘Juicy Salif’ lemon squeezer
Designed by Philippe Starck in 1988, this example 1998
Manufactured by Alessi, Italy
Cast aluminium
French superstar designer Philippe Starck had the idea for this lemon squeezer while eating squid in a restaurant. He sketched the squid on a napkin and sent it to the founder of the Italian design company Alessi, which has been making the ‘Juicy Salif’ ever since. The three-legged design is too unstable to make a practical utensil, but as Starck said, it was ‘meant not to squeeze lemons’ but ‘to start conversations’.
Philippe Starck designed this notorious lemon squeezer, named 'Juicy Salif', for Alessi in 1988. Alberto Alessi has written that the design came about from a series of sketches of squids scribbled onto a napkin, each squid evolving more recognisably into the shape of the squeezer. This particular example was bought from the shop Aria on Upper Street in Islington.
Label text for the exhibition At Home with the World, Geffrye Museum (20 March 2012- 9 September 2012):
‘Juicy Salif’ lemon squeezer
Designed by Philippe Starck in 1988, this example 1998
Manufactured by Alessi, Italy
Cast aluminium
French superstar designer Philippe Starck had the idea for this lemon squeezer while eating squid in a restaurant. He sketched the squid on a napkin and sent it to the founder of the Italian design company Alessi, which has been making the ‘Juicy Salif’ ever since. The three-legged design is too unstable to make a practical utensil, but as Starck said, it was ‘meant not to squeeze lemons’ but ‘to start conversations’.
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