The Bialetti Moka Express was patented for the first time in Italy by the inventor Luigi De Ponti for Alfonso…
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‧‧‧ One of 273The Bialetti Moka Express was patented for the first time in Italy by the inventor Luigi De Ponti for Alfonso Bialetti in 1933. Bialetti Industrie continues to produce the same model under the name Moka Express. The moka pot is most commonly used in Europe (especially Italy, Portugal and Spain) and in Latin America.
The Bialetti Moka Express has become an iconic design, displayed in modern industrial art and design museums such as the Wolfsonian-FIU, Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum, the Design Museum, and the London Science Museum.
Among the best known of the Alessi’s product range are Richard Sapper’s kettle with a two-tone whistle, Michael Graves’ kettle…
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