Alessi
classic kitchen timer
£50
Colour: Cream
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Why we love it
Michael Graves' 1992 design sits somewhere between functional kitchen tool and sculptural object, with that distinctive conical form and coloured fins that wouldn't look out of place in a retro spaceship. It's ceramic rather than metal, which gives it a softer presence on the worktop beside your kettle or coffee maker, and the cream finish means it won't compete with the rest of your kitchen scheme.
Description
Michael Graves designed this in 1992, the same year he was turning out the pepper mills and the Whistling Bird kettle that still sit in half the design-conscious kitchens in America, and the family resemblance shows: a conical body, a mirror finish, a set of colored fins that could belong to a toy rocket or a piece of