Famiglia Oliva

Famiglia Oliva

The project
CONCEPT
The telling of a story through table design objects that suggest a new gesture, generate curiosity and speak of hospitality and well-being, celebrating an icon of Mediterranean culture: olive oil.
Famiglia Oliva populates the table with characters with different connotations, designed to present and enhance oils with different organoleptic properties and origins: Gea – the “Bread and Oil” dish, Elio – the “Oil Spoon” and Pigi – the “Olfactory Taster”.
SVILUPPO
Famiglia Oliva was born from the collaboration between Astrid Luglio and Mariella Caputo. The first one is a Neapolitan designer transplanted in Milan, who has always been attentive to the creation of objects capable of activating multisensory stories, experiences that investigate the renewed need for involvement of the senses. Mariella Caputo, sommelier, master oil maker and maître of the restaurant Taverna del Capitano, from Nerano, Terra delle Sirene, has always been attentive to read the succession of changes and the consolidation of new habits in the sharing of the table.
From the meeting of these two different experiences the project Famiglia Oliva was born: it starts from a Mediterranean icon, the olive oil, of which it proposes to tell the story and the consumption suggesting new gestures.
EXPERIENCE
This collection of design objects, made by the craftsmen of Rua Catalana in tin-plated brass and copper, is characterized by archetypal shapes and the naming of the three objects contains the three fundamental elements for the cultivation of the olive tree: Gea – the earth, Elio – the sun and Pigi – the spring.
GEA
ELIO
PIGI
GEA
The “Bread and oil” dish, a welcome ritual that evokes archaic traditions and that tells the enhancement of a natural product and a low environmental impact supply chain: you eat everything, right down to the last crumb.
ELIO
The “Spoonful of oil”, represents the ideal quantity to add to dishes: the perfect dosage to protect health, avoid waste as well as the risks of oxidation and rancidity that can accelerate the process of perishableness.
PIGI
The “Olfactory Taster”, suggests through the hole which is the first sense to be involved in the evaluation of an oil: the sense of smell, to breathe in its sweet, slow and intense smell with a natural gesture. Immediately afterwards, the taste arrives, tasting in the right quantity ensures that the oil spreads in the mouth to perceive its aromatic components.
SUGGESTED RITUAL

ELIO
Pour the oil into Elio directly from the bottle into the small funnel

The base has been studied to be equal to the quantity of 1 tablespoon of oil

Pour the content onto the plate by holding Elio with the circular handle.

The spout is anti-drip, so you won’t have to worry about dirtying the tablecloth after using it. This new gesture is a lot of fun. Seeing is believing.

GEA
SUGGESTED RITUAL
Place a small piece of bread in the back of Gea, right under the handle

Pour the oil using Elio in the front and oblique part, designed to let the oil flow downwards wi- thout touching the bread
Dip the bread in the oil

If there is any oil left over, you can pour it over your dish by taking Gea by the handle.

PIGI
Open the lid and pour the oil into the glass using Elio.

Close Pigi and heat the oil by holding it in your hands.

Approach the nose to the open circular part and perceive the scents released by the oil.

A multi-sensory experience you should absolutely try.

Eleit.it x DLISH: Famiglia Oliva Gift Box

Stemming from a mutual passion for food and design and the special moments shared around the table, DLISH and Eleit.it have partnered to bring you La Famiglia Oliva Gift Box. The multisensory gift box puts together the exquisite and rare DOP extra virgin olive oil of the Amalfi Coast in Italy with Gea, Pigi and Elio, the three characteristic handmade vessels which compose Famiglia Oliva.

A truly unique gift for the connoisseur in your life, La Famiglia Oliva Gift Box comes stylishly wrapped in a Eleit.it x DLISH Signature Collection luxury gift box.

La Famiglia Oliva Collection:

  • Material: Tin-plated brass and copper
  • Dimensions:
    • Gea: Height 14 cm, Diameter 12 cm
    • Elio: Height 15 cm, Width 15 cm, Length 5.5 cm
    • Pigi: Height 7 cm, Diameter 5.5 cm
  • Ideated by Mariella Caputo and Astrid Luglio for Eleit.it
  • Designed by Astrid Luglio for Eleit.it
  • Handmade in Naples, Italy by Rua Catalana
  • Complete tasting set for olive oil presenting and tasting
  • 3 pieces total in the Famiglia Oliva Collection
  • Used for serving and tasting olive oil
  • Handwash only
  • Do not microwave

Extra Virgin Olive Oil DOP Capo Ateneo

  • Produced by Le Colline Lubrensi Oil Company in Sorrento, Amalfi Coast
  • 100% Italian olives
  • Made in Italy
  • 100 ml. tin vessel

Certified D.O.P.