Alberto Alessi, Martyn Lawrence Bullard Receive International Design Honors

The post-Labor Day awards train has left the station! Getting things off to an emozionante start is the Abitare il Tempo prize, which this year will be awarded to Alberto Alessi, whose dulcet pronunciation of his own last name once hypnotized us into buying this puckish Stefano Giovannoni-designed eggcup—and we don’t even like eggs! The president of Alessi and the man you have to thank (or blame) for the Philippe Starck-designed juicy salif citrus squeezer and Michael Graves‘ avian-accented tea kettle will be presented with the prize next Thursday in Verona, Italy as the