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Green sprout-shaped toilet brush by Alessi, displayed in a reddish-brown pot.
Green sprout-shaped toilet brush with red pot holder by Alessi, on a wooden floor against a grey wall.
Green Y-shaped top of Merdolino by Alessi with bulbous ends and a smooth finish, isolated on white.
Green sprout-shaped toilet brush by Alessi, displayed in a reddish-brown pot.
Green sprout-shaped toilet brush with red pot holder by Alessi, on a wooden floor against a grey wall.
Green Y-shaped top of Merdolino by Alessi with bulbous ends and a smooth finish, isolated on white.

Merdolino

Toilet brush

CHF 70.00

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Stefano Giovannoni

The project came about as part of Family Follows Fiction, an operation that set out to probe the affective structure of forms and objects, starting with the idea of reproducing the process of object creation common to the world of children and primitive cultures. Merdolino was the first Alessi object for the bathroom as well as one of the first to explore the versatile landscape of plastics. It became iconic thanks to an empathetic, affective and confidential key of expression, and is an object that does more than just "do," it stimulates memory and the desire to play.

From the archive

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Original drawing by Stefano Giovannoni

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Study for a toilet brush, original drawing by Stefano Giovannoni

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Alberto Alessi, photo by Grazia Neri Agency

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Merdolino Gold in the exhibition "Alessi 100-001" made for the company’s centenary

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