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Since 1921, Italian company Alessi has been known for its innovative and creative designs. It attracts some of the world’s foremost architects and designers to create its distinctive range of products for the home.

For over half a century, and with great consistency, the finnish designer Aarnio has designed brightly coloured objects for the house with rounded, geometric shapes that allude to a kind of “children’s code.” His works, almost all made in plastic, are short, visual tales that combine features both humorous and playful with precise and explicit functional meanings.

The Aroma mortar and pestle is designed with rounded edges to feel natural in the hand and a joy to use.

• Stoneware
• Rounded shape
• Small diameter useful for crushing herbs, garlic or pestos