Richard Sapper Stainless Mirror Polished Whistling Stovetop Tea Kettle by Alessi

Description

Kettle in stainless steel mirror polished with melodic whistle in brass and handle in PA, black. Magnetic steel heat diffusing bottom. This kettle was our first designer kettle, heralding a new season of kettle ideas for ourselves as well as many other kettle manufacturers. The true heart of this design is the brass whistle whose pipes sing two notes, mi and si, when the steam blows through them, giving a particularly attractive melody. Sapper wanted to avoid giving the kettles whistle the usual irksome sound of the other kettles on the market. And this purely musical requirement led to what I think can be described as Alessi’s first multi-sensorial design. This object appeared in the movies: Generazione 1000 euro (Generazione 1000 euro, M.Venier, 2008); Niente da nascondere (Caché, M.Haneke, 2005).

Material: PA, 18/10 stainless steel,brass
Dimensions: 6.50″Dia x 7.48″H
Capacity: 67.6 fl oz

Richard Sapper

Richard Sapper was born in 1932 in Munich. In the early 1960s, he began to collaborate with the Italian architect Marco Zanuso, together they acted as design consultants for Brionvega for which they developed a series of televisions and radios. His clients include Alessi.

Throughout his career, Sapper remained keenly involved in academia, teaching at many universities. He has received numerous awards for his products, and his designs are represented in the permanent collections of many museums internationally. In 2012, Sapper received the Merit Cross of the Order of Merit from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. He died in 2015.