THE STORY BEHIND THE JUICY SALIF

The Juicy Salif Lemon Squeezer, r, by Philippe Starck for Italian design house Alessi

THAT LOOKS ALIEN: It’s a statement squeezer — perfect for making fresh lemonade this weekend. WHAT WAS STARCK THINKING? He was in a restaurant on Italy’s Amalfi coast when he came up with the idea. His plate of calamari was served without lemo lemon . . . and that’s when it came to h him. WHENWH WAS THAT? Back in 1990. Sin Since then it’s become an icon an and the napkin on which he sk sketched the design is in the A Alessi Museum in Milan. SO,S HOW MUCH IS IT? The a aluminium version is £50 from Amara. It also comes in white, amara.com.