Product Overview
Bulbul Kettle/ Alessi 100 Values Collection
Achille Castiglioni for Alessi 1979 / Special Edition 2021 (North American release 2022)
18/10 Stainless Steel, Polyamide
[H 18.5 x L 26.5 x W 23.7cm / Capacity 2.5L]
Bulbul is a perfect kettle imagined in the rounded shape of a curling stone: it presents a new way of handling this object, almost as if to suggest an invitation to play by sliding it across the kitchen surface. Bulbul reveals Achille Castiglioni’s extraordinary ability to transfer qualities and functions into a project from objects belonging to completely different spheres. This game of transfers has often resulted in the equally famous ironic dimension of many of his works.
Project Description: This new-look kettle is one of Achille Castiglioni’s many designs that never made it into production and is the result of his indefatigable curiosity and flair for experimentation.
Bulbul reveals Castiglioni’s extraordinary ability to transfer qualities and functions into a project from objects belonging to completely different spheres.
This game of transfers has often resulted in the equally famous ironic dimension of many of his works.
Bulbul is a perfect kettle imagined in the rounded shape of a curling stone: from frozen water to evaporated water, a divertissement amplified by the name chosen by Castiglioni, “bul, bul”, meaning “it’s boiling, it’s boiling” in the traditional dialect of Milan, where this unforgettable designer was born.
Award: Good Design Award USA 2022
Alessi 100th Year Anniversary [1921-2021] / Alessi Values Collection
