"And it does it's job really well." And in 1984, Strum did his job really well. His boss, design legend Michael Graves, set out to improve on the classic whistling tea kettle.

Great product all round.' The new kettle comes just days after the retailer launched a matching four-slice toaster for $39, which also looks very similar to Smeg's $249 design.

It's just a kettle. Colin Bisset gives the history of a design classic, the Alessi 9093 Kettle.