Moka Vite
Design: Philippe Malouin
Dedicated to those who appreciate bold, contemporary design, the Vite coffee maker, designed by Philippe Malouin, is made of aluminum: a material that gives espresso coffee a rich, rounded flavor. A small industrial sculpture capable of engaging with interiors of different styles, it is designed for use on all types of cooktops. The Vite project was conceived in a completely unprecedented way in the history of Alessi. Malouin himself uses the term Scrapyard Works: a creative process that quite literally begins in scrapyards, where the designer retrieves metal fragments and gives them new life through recomposition and reinterpretation.
“The starting point for Vite grew out of a research method I often use in my industrial design practice - exploring form and function through a kind of ‘cutand- paste’ process, assembling existing metal components to test mechanical ideas quickly and intuitively."
Philippe Malouin
Malouin’s design language is characterized by a marked ability for formal synthesis, distinct from classic minimalism. His works emerge from simple, primary geometries, often decisively truncated and reassembled with intuitive immediacy — an approach that places him in a territory between art and design. The coffee maker’s boiler echoes the form of a screw (vite), a direct reference to the gesture involved in using the object. The small flared base that concludes the boiler — like the head of a screw — reinforces this connection. The aluminum of the boiler, contrasted with the colored tank, further emphasizes this symbolic value.
Moka Vite: Alessi Exclusive
The Vite espresso coffee maker is a small industrial sculpture; the boiler echoes the shape of a screw (“vite” in Italian), a direct reference to the gesture of its use.The natural aluminium further emphasises this reference and gives the espresso a rounded, full-bodied taste.
Moka Vite: Colourful identity
Color is another central theme of the Vite project. The versions in which the coffee maker is offered originate from research carried out in the Alessi workshop, sampling hues from the working environment, from the tones of the machinery to other elements found throughout the factory.
Sustainability and safety
Hardwearing and durable, aluminium is also completely recyclable. It is a material that can be recycled an infinite number of times without losing its qualities. Equipped with a latest-generation valve that assures maximum safety, including on induction hobs.
Philippe Malouin
Born in Laval in 1982, Philippe Malouin is a Londonbased industrial designer whose work spans furniture, lighting, objects, installations, and art pieces. He founded his studio in 2008 and has taught at leading design institutions including the Royal College of Art in London and ECAL in Lausanne. Malouin has received international recognition, including awards from Wallpaper*. Archiproducts and Dezeen.