About us

​​​We are Giada Lagorio and Jasmine Pilloni, two product design students of the Politecnico di Milano. 



We design Alcide during the course directed by Stefano Maffei, Barbara Parini and Andrea Gianni. 



​Why Alcide?

​Time passing by, food conserving methods have evolved and even our relation with food has changed. By the way, digital or technological change doesn't always mean improvement.

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We tried to understand more about the ancient ways of preserving foods and we found out that electricity is not an essential need and sometimes it could be a disadvantage.

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So, we assumed that giving right to exist to an analog machine into the digital century would be our first challenge. ​



We got through local artisans, who positively supported the realization of the prototype and helped us to nail it.

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Especially thanks to Vincenzo Curcio, Mario Gianuario, Massimo Virtuani and Giovanni Benetti who have been supporting the project, since its birth.

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