Alessi "Alba" Stainless Steel Truffle Slicer / Shaver Alba is the most appropriate tool to serve, taste and celebrate together truffles: a mysterious and delicious product of the Piedmontese lands. Founded in 1921 as a ?Workshop for the processing of brass and nickel silver sheet metal, with foundry?, Alessi has always stood out for the high quality of its products. In almost a century of history, the company has gradually evolved to become one of the leading ?Factories of Italian design?, capable of applying its expertise and excellence in design management to many different product types. Open to change and international development, Alessi at the same time has a strong bond with the traditions and cultural background of its area and continues to be synonymous with handcrafted objects produced with the help of machines. Alessi?s mission is now one of translating its quest for the most advanced cultural, aesthetic, design and functional quality into mass production. Designer products are the result of the constant reconciliation of art and industry, of the ?Immensity of Creative Potential? and the needs of the market. The company is committed to a design approach in which the most advanced expression of international creativity is always balanced against the desires of the general public. Alessi has been described as a ?Dream Factory?, which uses its products to make people?s dreams come true, providing them with the Art and Poetry that they seek. The design of the Alba truffle slicer, created by Ben Van Berkel/UN Studio, draws inspiration from the twine created between the precious tuberous fungus and the root of the plant with which it lives in symbiosis. An absolutely new form for a traditional instrument. A sculptural and sophisticated object, it is yet at the same time functional and ergonomic. Made of stainless steel 18/10, the truffle slicer is created from the collaboration with the National Center of truffle studies, the International Fair of Alba truffles. The name of the object is a homage to the homonymous city. 18/10 stainless steel construction Sculptural and sophisticated object, it is yet at the same time functional and ergonomic Measures: 3.35" x 3.14" x 7.87" Designed by Ben Van Berkel/UN Studio