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 spheres symbolizes unparalleled strength, his face contorted with effort, muscles tensed, feet firmly anchored on the pedestal. Wanders conceals the functional components within the playful character inside the nutcracker. Inside the pedestal lies the cavity for the nut. By turning the weights, the screw and the tall laced boots, which are so characteristic of weightlifters and responsible for crushing the nut shell, move.