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Spiritelli Collection

by Studio Alchimia, 1991

The Spiritelli Collection was initiated by Alessandro Guerriero, a prominent artist and designer who founded the post-radical avant-garde group Alchimia. Drawing inspiration from the Roman culture, which involved appeasing household spirits thought to protect families and homes, Guerriero aimed to create objects for the home, each with its own unique story and spirit. He successfully engaged over thirty artists, culminating in an impressive collection of twenty-nine remarkable objects.

Spiritelli – Objects that keep us company.
by Alessandro Guerriero, 1990

Some things in the house have an individual sensitivity, a way of being that could be defined as a soul, and some objects seem specially made to possess a soul.
These objects, function aside, have wholeheartedly accepted and adopted the characteristics of real people.
We are at home, and they keep us company: they watch us, listen to us, talk to us, move, and have their own secret history that only we can understand.
In them reigns a collection of adventures and passions. Our relationship with them is indeterminate, fluid, almost like a dream.
They are a pretext and an opportunity to experience an undefined enterprise that pushes beyond its own limits: a bit artistic, a bit hero and victim, a bit cynical and aesthetic. They are roommates, just like us.

© Ron Arad and Shaun Anderson Crown Its a Deal
© Enrico Baj Uruburu
© J Beckmann - P Esrafily Et In Arcadia Ego
© Sergio Calatroni Toccasana
© Carla Capalbo Nous
© Anarchico Catalano Senza Titolo
© Alex Chameroy Angiolino
© Riccardo Dalisi Svitarello
© Marie Dean My little Houma Doll
© Michele De Lucchi Giocondo
© Tom Dixon The Miner
© Nathalie du Pasquer Alla Leggerezza
© Jean Louis Floch Le Dieu FA
© Dan Friedman Holy Handoid
© Piero Gilardi El Mallende
© Giorgio Gregori Alchiman
@ Alessandro Guerriero Spiritelli Alchimoide
© Igort Gibaryon
 © Allen Jones Scissors
© Mou Kagemusha Mida
© Mark Kostabi Baby Grand
© Alex Krieger Fortunello
© Shiro Kuramata Amorino
© Alex Locadia Promise to Zafra
© Alessandro Mendini Gallinella
© Mimmo Paladino Mano Calda
© Ettore Sottsass Un Karma Soltanto
© George J Sowden Amuleto Per Chi Sta CErcando LInnocenza Perduta
© Armando Testa Ragionier Carlo