Alessi Juicy Salif Lemon Squeezer - Devised in the second half of the 1980's (with the Walter Wayle II wall clock, the Hot Bertaa kettle and the large Max le Chinois colander). An excellent example of Alessi's role as artistic mediator in the most turbulent areas of creative potential (this was his response to our precise briefing for a stainless steel tray) It remains unparalleled in its ability to generate discussions about its meaning and design, partly because of its unconventional use of what semiologists refer to as the decorative veil which, even though generally in a less overt manner, is inexorably destined to cover all objects created by man. To fully understand the true meaning of its existence, it is possibly necessary to refer to the theories of leroy-gourham, who considers the notion of functional approximation to be fundamental. This notion suggests that there is always "a certain degree of freedom in interpreting relationships between Form and Function". It is precisely this continual play between Form an Function that leads to the decorative demeanor.