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Architect and designer Stefano Giovannoni has designed an elegant new handheld vacuum for Alessi. It isn't every day that a mundane object like a dustbuster gets a successfully chic makeover. Tasteful stylization of minor home appliances such as this makes them more accessible since they are pretty enough to leave out in the open.
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Comments
Leave it out?
This looks cool, but it's still a vacuum and anyone who uses a vacuum probably doesn't want one out of the closet (except when you are actually, say, vacuuming).
Sorry, but when I first saw that thing, "chrome slug" is what came to my mind.
I agree with both previous comments, and shutter at the $130 price tag for a generally superfulous home appliance.