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Kettle

Michael Graves

Selected by Virgil Abloh for a re-design operation, the kettle created by Michael Graves is reborn as a new icon in an iconographic clash that reveals unexpected affinities between the cultural spheres involved - from Michael Graves' postmodernism to Virgil Abloh's eclectically inclusive approach. Much more than a simple reinterpretation, the operation of Virgil Abloh Securities absorbs and elaborates several references, amplifying them exponentially.

From the archive

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Original sketch by Michael Graves for Alberto Alessi

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Historic photo by Aldo Ballo

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Electric version of the kettle produced in 2001

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Historic photo by Aldo Ballo

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Original sketch by Michael Graves

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9093 Tea Rex, designed by Michael Graves for the kettle’s 30th anniversary

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The 9093 reinterpreted by Virgil Abloh Securities, photo by Leonardo Scotti