Alessi - Patricia Urquiola - Cooking pot set - ''Edo'' - Handles in 18/10 stainless steel with PVD coating, brown. Magnetic steel bottom

This Edo cookware series was designed in 2018 by Patricia Urquiola. This set consists of two frying pans and one deep frying pan, crafted from aluminium with a high-quality non-stick interior. The handles are made of 18/10 stainless steel with an elegant brown PVD coating.

All pieces feature a magnetic steel base, making them suitable for induction cooking. The set also includes one lid in 18/10 stainless steel, finished with a matching PVD-coated knob.

This Edo frying pans set are a masterful blend of minimalist aesthetics and cultural storytelling. Their name draws inspiration from the ancient name for Tokyo, reflecting a Japanese-influenced serenity that is visible in their clean, cylindrical lines. The most striking feature of these pans is the handle design, which is artistically shaped to resemble folded ribbons elegantly pinned to the bodies of the cookware. This unique detail, finished in a sophisticated coating, creates a beautiful contrast against the matte black frames. These designs transcend pure utility, transforming functional kitchen tools into sculptural pieces that are sophisticated enough to be brought directly from the stove to a chic dining table.

This set of pans is in new condition and was never been used. Delivered with original packaging.

Dimensions:

Deep frying pan:
Width (cm) 28.00, Height (cm) 11.00, Length (cm) 50.00 & Capacity (cl) 320.00.

Frying pans:
Width (cm) 20.00, Height (cm) 7.50, Length (cm) 38.00 & Capacity (cl) 100.00
Width (cm) 24.00, Height (cm) 7.50, Length (cm) 47.00 & Capacity (cl) 125.00

Lid:
Cm 24,0 x cm 24,0 - h cm 4,0.

- Heat sources: the entire “Edo” series is suitable for cooking on gas, electric plate, electromagnetic induction ceramic hob, electric resistance cooktops, or halogen lamp.
- Please read the instructions before using the pans.
- Dishwasher-safe
- The handles are practical and ergonomically designed. TIG welding is used to secure the handles while ensuring top quality jointing and hard wearing durability.

Patricia Urquiola and the ‘’Edo’’ project:
Basque roots, trained both in Spain and Italy, where she was a pupil of Achille Castiglioni, studied in Milan: apart from these highlights of her biography, it is difficult to fit in just a few brief lines the overflowing creative work of Patricia Urquiola. “We talk about inspiration as if it were something that is in the air and the designer were a being with a special sensitivity capable of perceiving it,” says the designer, “but for me it’s something within us all, it’s about emotional memory, emotional and cultural, which makes you perceive the elements that become driving forces in the project. It is a short circuit that is created between personal memory and reality”. These “short circuits” have also guided the design of the Edo pans: “ a whole range of references that play off each other”, she explains, “associations between things that are distant, but that in my head, are close. The name derives from the Latin edere, ‘I eat’, but it is also the ancient name of Tokyo, city of reference for me”. Japan is the origin of many of the pots that the designer uses in her kitchen, where uses a variety of utensils and ingredients from different origins. “This project”, she adds, “is my response to the changes I observe in society, to the multiplication of fantastic exchanges between different cultures”. Leading the designer is also the desire to create an object that does not seem mass-produced: the cylindrical shape of the containers is softened by a flaring, an invitation to the gesture of pouring; the burnished handles add a sense of lightness to the overall design. The designer’s Spanish roots lie in the shape of the lids: “I wanted it to be different from the others, concave rather than convex: a sort of Basque chapela. Once the Basque theme entered my head, I couldn’t get it it out anymore”.