14 DAY TRIAL // The thermos was invented when the need arose for a container that can keep liquids hot for longer than an hour. Electric water kettles are larger, less mobile containers that work on the same principle.
As it happens, designer Guillian Graves has introduced a 3D printed electric water kettle whose look and feel is based on nautilus shells.
From what we can gather, the kettle is an appliance meant to be both useful and aesthetically pleasing, not to mention fitting for any room environment.
The neutral color theme reminiscent of cobblestone should have that covered, even if the shape of the whole things is slightly bizarre.
Regardless, it's the interior that will raise eyebrows. As you can see, the volume isn't as high as the outside suggests.
That's necessary though. It separates the tea into several “compartments” thus slowing down the rate at which temperature drops to room level.
Furthermore, the Nautile (that's the name of the project) will supposedly eat far less electrical energy than normal.
Even if the Nautile doesn't make it as a kettle, it could catch the eyes of a fair few people just based on its design alone.
We imagine that the sphere-within-a-sphere-within-a-sphere layout would enchant everyone nearby, provided Graves makes everything out of something transparent.
As it is, slicing the Nautile kettle in half doesn't really evoke the same feeling of mesmerizingly abstract geometry.
