Phillipe Stark is certainly one of my favourite designers and this is one of my favourite pieces of his and one of his most famous designs. The Juicy Salif was designed by Stark in 1990 and it is not actually meant to squeeze. It is considered an icon of industrial design and it has been displayed in museums such as New York's Museum of Modern Art. Originally, it was inspired by squeezing a lemon over a squid in a seafood restaurant, but many observers think it looks like a spider. It is manufactured by Italian kitchenware company Alessi. Its diameter is 14 cm, height 29 cm, and it is made from cast and polished aluminum.
For the tenth anniversary of its launch, 10,000 were individually numbered and gold plated. There has also been a gray/black version. Both are now collector’s items, the gray/black version are particularly hard to find. The gold plated version was described as an ornament because the citric acid in a lemon discolors and erodes the gold plating. Stark is even rumored to have said, "My juicer is not meant to squeeze lemons; it is meant to start conversations".
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