2 • Stainless Steel Sanaa Tea Service
In 2003, Sanaa -- the Japanese architectural duo Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa -- designed a silver Fruit Basket tea set resembling, well, fruits in a basket for Alessi's limited-edition Tea & Coffee Towers series. In 2007, Alessi felt the time was ripe for a stainless steel version that hangs on a lower-priced branch ($786; Alessi.com). -- Jorge S. Arango