This exhibition presents the results of a collaborative project created in 2001 by Alberto Alessi and designer Alessandro Mendini who invited renowned international architects to design dynamic and attractive functional art that addresses the relationship between architecture and everyday utensils. In promoting the values of art appreciation and the inspiring culture of form and function, Alessi and Mendini’s exhibition explores the way designers develop and evaluate original creative ideas by gradually progressing from formal training and practice to envisioning the future. Around twenty tea and coffee sets are on display, including the designs from the architectural studios of Greg Lynn-FORM, Zaha Hadid, Denton-Corker-Marshall, Jean Nouvel, Toyo Ito and Kazuyo Sejima-Ryue Nishizawa—SANAA.