illycaffè for over twenty years has been choosing art, literature, and creativity as a whole to express its own values and its philosophy.
If coffee is experienced with all five senses, the very objects that hold coffee should please the eye. Twenty years ago , illy considered how an everyday object like a coffee cup could be rethought - elevated, in fact, to meld the sensory pleasures of coffee and art.
This insight gave rise to the illy Art Collection small works of art , taking ceramic cup as medium, transforming the simple pleasure of drinking an espresso into an experience that fully engages the senses and the mind.