9093 [Kettle with Bird Whistle]

9093 [Kettle with Bird Whistle]

Michael Graves for Alessi 1985

18/10 Stainless Steel/Polyamide

[22.5 cm H x 22 cm Ø , Capacity 2 L]

The 9093 kettle, with bird-shaped whistle is one of the best-selling Alessi objects in the world. The design of this kettle, created by Michael Graves in 1985, mixes the influences taken from European Art, American Pop and quotes from pre-Columbian cultures. Graves's unique visual language is the reason behind the extraordinary success that the kettle has had since the year of its production. It is a smart object, elegant, but at the same time playful and fun: when the water starts boiling, the bird sings, leading to an inevitable smile.

Designed in the early 1980s, it has spanned four decades, always presented in new versions: an object that has never ceased to amaze, intercepting consumer tastes the way only an icon can.

Note: Out of the entire Alessi catalogue, this product has sold the greatest number of units in the history of Alessi 

Permanent Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, Thessaloniki Design Museum, Thessaloniki, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, MUDE, Lisbon, The Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Civica Galleria D'arte Moderna, Gallarate, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Design Museum, Ghent, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Design Museum, London, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia