"Juicy Salif" Lemon Squeezer

Designer Philippe Starck French
Manufacturer Centro Studio Alessi S.p.A. Italian
1990
Not on view
This lemon squeezer has become an icon of late-twentieth-century design. It is not only eminently functional, but it is also an indisputably sculptural object. Starck's designs are frequently mysterious in their ambiguity—their purpose is not always at once identifiable.

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Object Information
  • Title: "Juicy Salif" Lemon Squeezer
  • Designer: Philippe Starck (French, born Paris 1949)
  • Manufacturer: Centro Studio Alessi S.p.A.
  • Date: 1990
  • Medium: Cast aluminum
  • Dimensions: 11 1/2 × 4 1/2 in., 0.8 lb. (29.2 × 11.4 cm, 0.4 kg)
  • Classification: Machines & Appliances
  • Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2001
  • Object Number: 2001.523
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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