Tripod is a trivet with moving parts in chrome-plated zamac. Created by young designer Gabriele Chiave for Italian publisher Alessi in 2007, Tripod looks like a piece of jewellery, designed to be hung from a kitchen hook and tossed like dice on the table to place pots and hot dishes on. The elegant, playful approach of this trivet contrasts with its function as a modest object. Stable and suitable for all sizes of dish, Tripod is perfect for enhancing a dining table, and suspended, it decorates the kitchen with its unusual shape.
In 1921, Giovanni Alessi founded the Italian company Alessi. Since 1929, the company has focussed on producing nickel- or silver-plated copper tableware. When Carlo Alessi, Giovanni's son, was appointed design director in 1935, handcrafting methods were replaced by industrial manufacturing. In 1955, the company began collaborating with world-renowned architects and designers such as Richard Sapper, Ettore Sottsass, and later, Philippe Starck and Marcel Wanders. Alessi makes design accessible by focussing on useful, humorous and visually appealing home accessories. Most of its products have become design classics that are sold and exhibited around the world.