The Echo is designed for the contemporary tea drinker in the comfort of a home or in a quaint cafe. The kettle enables a time of relaxation, a time to loose yourself in your own thoughts or a time to socialize with others. Inspired from Hungarian culture, especially from the city-life of Budapest, the Echo is designed to be eclectically modern. It is designed to be simple and elegant but with a little surprise. The city of Budapest is filled with hundreds of nooks and crannies. Many small tea houses are located in these alcoves where people migrate towards for five o’clock tea. The Echo symbolizes this place, where the space is a unique source of inner contentment. It is a place that others may not know about but will bring them joy as well if you show them to it.


The larger outer ring of the Echo is a ceramic electric tea kettle. Resting inside the outer ring is the glass milk warmer. The thermal barrier created by the ceramic of the tea-kettle and the glass warms the milk with out scalding it. This makes the milk perfect to pour into the tea cup after the tea has steeped. The Echo tea kettle uses materials that have been proven to last the test of time including ceramic, glass, and stainless steel. The echo is meant to be left out on the counter or table to be used as decoration or for a source of conversation like the people of Budapest would do.



Here is my final process book!


http://www.daapspace.daap.uc.edu/files/download/meyermg/Uz3GK64a1YTCTJ4uJXkdRzA1QgmUdy3YAImPl9F9ki0