Anna Stop 2 Bottle Stopper - Black - des. Alessandro Mendini for Alessi

The Anna Stop 2 Bottle Stopper is a classic of 90s design: smiley face, graphic bob, perfect function! She matches the iconic Anna G Corkscrew (also available from saltsmillshop).  

Designer Alessandro Mendini was inspired by a real person, his friend the designer Anna Gili. He told the Financial Times about the genesis of this iconic design object. “I remembered as a child when my grandmother would open a bottle of wine at the table it always seemed like a good performance, a kind of ritual ballet: the turning of the head, the arms moving up and down, the sound of the cork popping from the bottle. That’s when I decided on an anthropomorphic object. I made a drawing of a ballerina, a female figure. It was evident, though, that I had subliminally drawn a portrait of Anna.”

• Bottle stopper in thermoplastic resin and chrome-plated zanak. Diameter 1.5 inches, height 4 inches. 

About Alessandro Mendini:

Alessandro Mendini (1931-2017) was an Italian designer and architect. He played an important part in the development of Italian, Postmodern, and Radical design. 

About Alessi:

Alessi, established in 1921, is a lynchpin of superb Italian design and manufacturing. committed to making the ordinary extraordinary. “A true design work must move people, convey emotions, bring back memories, surprise, and go against common thinking” - Alberto Alessi.