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Alberto Alessi tells the story behind Richard Sapper’s harmonic whistling kettle in our second exclusive video interview with the president of the Italian design brand.
Sapper’s 1982 kettle design for Alessi features two whistles, each tuned to a different note, so that a harmony is produced when water in the kettle boils.
“The idea of Sapper was very clear,” Alessi explains. “He told me: ‘I will design a kettle for you, but it’s not enough for me to just design a beautiful kettle. I want to design a kettle that can be multi-sensorial. Not only to the eyes, but also to the ears.'”
Read the full story on Dezeen: www.dezeen.com/2014/07/06/movie-alberto-alessi-9091-harmonic-kettle-richard-sapper
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