Crafted with your morning routine in mind, the Kuroiro Matte Black Kettle is the ultimate marriage of chic design and time-honored manufacturing. Accenting its sleek exterior are a knob and handle made from raw timber that, with daily use, will develop a gracefully complex patina.

Courtesy of its compact stainless steel construction, this kettle is especially quick to boil— meaning you won't have to wait long for that cup of something good.

Miyazaki Seisakusho Co.

The kitchenware maker Miyazaki Seisakusho Co. - or Miyaco, for short - partnered with master culinarian and Iron Chef commentator Yukio Hattori to develop their Geo line of pots and pans. Their goal? To create stainless steel cookware so effortless to wield that it would encourage a whole new generation of aspiring chefs to embrace the art of cooking, improving in them "the health of the body and the richness of the mind."

Materials: Body/Lid: 18-8 stainless steel
Knob/handle: Natural wood
Coating: Heat-resistant silicone baked coating

Dimensions: 8.6" L x 6.3" W x 6.8" H (with handle)

Care/Use: Compatible with all stovetops.

Tsubame, Japan