15.9.09

PEDRO ALMODOVAR DESIGNS FOR ILLY ART COLLECTION


A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION ILLY ART COLLECTION WAS DESIGNED BY RENOWNED SPANISH FILM DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODOVAR TO COINCIDE WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS LATEST FILM, 'LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS' (BROKEN EMBRACES). DATING TO 1992, THE LEADING ITALIAN COFFEE COMPANY'S COLLABORATIONS WITH PRE-EMINENT VISUAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS HAVE PRODUCED STUNNING AND MUCH SOUGHT AFTER UNIQUE CUP AND SAUCER SETS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE ENJOYMENT OF COFFEE IN PAIRING IT WITH BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS. ILLY'S PASSION FOR THE BEAUTIFUL AND WELL MADE AND ITS LOVE FOR THE WORLD OF CONTEMPORARY ART ARE THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE ILLY ART COLLECTION SERIES. THE ALMODOVAR SIX-CUP SERIES WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING MID-OCTOBER 2009 AT www.illyusa.com, WHICH TAKES ITS INSPIRATION FROM SIX OF THE FAMED DIRECTOR'S MOST ADMIRED FILMS; WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (1988), TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (1990), HIGH HEELS (1991), THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET (1995), BAD EDUCATION (2004) AND VOLVER (2006). "WE ARE HONORED THAT PEDRO ALMODOVAR HAS GRACED THE ILLY COLLECTION WIT SUCH A STRIKINGLY VIVID SERIES OF CUPS, QUITE UNLIKE ANY OTHER WE'VE SEEN", SAYS CARLO BACH, ART DIRECTOR OF ILLYCAFFE. "EACH CUP AT ONCE CELEBRATES HIS OWN PAST ARTISTRY, WHILE BEING COMPLETELY ORIGINAL ON ITS OWN. EACH TELLS A MEMORABLE STORY, JUST AS HIS FILMS, IN HIS SIGNATURE, WONDERFULLY UNCONVENTIONAL STYLE." BACK SAID ALMODOVAR HAS LONG BEEN A FAN OF ILLY, BEEN KNOWN TO KEEP IT ON HAND WHILE FILMING. THAT GAVE BACH IMPETUS TO APPROACH THE DIRECTOR ABOUT CREATING A COLLECTION FOR ILLY.





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