MG09 Michael Graves for Alessi Stainless Steel Oval Serving Tray 18/10 polished stainless steel with black thermoplastic resin handles. Michael Graves was an American architect, designer, and educator, and principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Group and a professor of architecture at Princeton University for nearly forty years. He created the best-selling 9093 kettle for Alessi. Michael Graves died in 2015.