Toru" means "through" in Japanese and Nendo's creative imagination turns the handle of this unprecedented electric kettle into a spout, which runs playfully through the steel volume of the body. An ironic yet intellectual approach to composition that softens the metallic material without altering its refined aura. Dedicated to those who seek high performance and durability in their household appliances, but also for fine materials and elegant lines.
Designer -
Nendo
Dimensions - 30.5cm x 25.5cm x 16.5cm (HxWxD)
Material - Stainless Steel & Thermoplastic Resin
Weight: 2kg
Capacity 1.7 litres
Nendo is a design firm based in Tokyo, Japan, and Milan, Italy. Nendo took on designing the Olympic Cauldron used in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and select works that nendo has been involved in designing are featured in museums around the world, such as New York’s Museum of Modern Art...
For over a century, Alessi has been creating extraordinary objects that make people dream, feel, think and experience poetry in their daily lives. By collaborating with the best creative minds from around the world, Alessi brings the most unexpected and contemporary expressions of design culture into people’s homes.
The Italian company was founded in 1921 by Giovanni Alessi and initially concentrated on metal kitchenware. His products and designs of coffee pots became so popular, that by 1924 the brand name ‘Alessi’ was well established.
By the 1950s the company broadened its approach, deciding to collaborate with well-known designers. The aim was to break away from modernism and even traditional designs and to try more unconventional design ideas, including those from groups such as Studio Alchima (Alessandro Mendini) and Memphis (Ettore Sottsass). Other designers associated with Alessi include Aldo Rossi, Philippe Starck and Michael Graves. The collaborative and creative approach they use has become the hallmark of the Alessi brand.
Alessi is now a B Corp, a company which strives to maximise the positive impact they have on their employees, the communities in which they operate and the environment, by using the business as a force for regeneration and sustainability.
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