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Article: Lagostina, Alessi, Bialetti tough out recession.
- Article from:
- The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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Byline: Daily Star Staff
Summary: A giant silver teapot shines in the pale sun outside the Alessi factory, its scale a measure of how in the 1980s and 90s Italian kitchenware, from espresso-makers to lemon-squeezers, grew into objects of desire.AaBut the allure of great design and artisanal quality is failing to insulate this narrow valley and home of Lagostina, Alessi and Bialetti from Italy's worst post-war recession.
Antonella CiancioAa
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OMEGNA, Italy: A giant silver teapot shines in the pale sun outside the Alessi factory, its scale a measure of how in the 1980s and 90s Italian kitchenware, from ...