Alberto Alessi works from the kind of office in which most people would struggle to work at all. On a bright summer day, the design impresario has drawn the shutters in his cluttered HQ just outside ...

“When I say I’m not proud of what I do it’s because design doesn’t help evolution. It is absolutely useless.” So declares design maverick Philippe Starck midway through an interview at the ...

Alberto Alessi would agree with his pal Philippe Starck on the uselessness of design if it weren’t for his family company’s roots. “I totally understand his position and I’d be happy to agree with him ...