Alessi Strongman

This is how Marcel Wanders envisions the personality behind this innovative nutcracker. Esteemed audience, we present: the strongest man in the world! His dumbbell with the two large gilded balls symbolizes unparalleled strength, his face contorted with effort, muscles tensed, feet firmly anchored on the pedestal. Wanders cleverly conceals the functional components within the playfulness of this character inside the nutcracker. Inside the pedestal lies the cavity for the nut. By turning the weights, the screw and the tall lace-up boots, typical of weightlifters and responsible for crushing the nut shell, come into motion.