Category: Vase

Block vases

Japanese studio Nendo strikes again: the Block vases are a set of delicate, small and stackable bud vases that form part of the collection of new additions to their 1% products, to be presented in Milan’s Salone del Mobile this coming April.

The vases are carefully measured and designed to fit in stackable formations, never disturbing the vase on the bottom. There are four sizes and each can accomodate one flower, but once stacked they can also fit a tall stem through the different combined vases.

Only 100 of each vase will be made, as befits the concept of the 1% products. According to Nendo:

100 is the perfect amount: they’re neither one-off “works of art” nor mass-produced products made in the millions. Whether its the skill of the artisans or new technologies, we want to make things that are only possible because there are 100 of them. Not more, not less. To give owners the chance to experience the joy of owing 1%.

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The Boat Series

Danish born and Copenhagen based designer Ditte Fischer specialises in hand-crafted ceramics. Some of Fischer’s work, such as the Boat Series have made its mark as a modern design classic.

All products within the Boat Series, which include the boat bowls, classic vases, teapot, and cups, have been moulded in china and only manufactured in Denmark. The stylishly finished ceramic pieces, available in a range of colours, have been dyed to provide them with a beautiful and lush materiality. Not merely ornamental, these pieces are highly durable and suitable for everyday use.

Impressive craftsmanship with a simple and exquisite finish.

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Twisted Pencil

Korean product designer Giha Woo is the creator of the Twisted Pencil. The design is a vase comprising of pencils, which form an outline of its shape, albeit appearing as one. The design also conveys aesthetic value with a nuance of amusement by representing the relationship between the pencil structure and utensils stored within it.

Available in a range of colours including black, white and blue, Twisted Pencil offers a certain minimal feel in that it is merely a frame, but because of the thickness of the pencils used, that is all it needs to be.

Woo explains:

In comparison with general products, Twisted Pencil isn’t a vase that can contain a lot more pencils, but it includes new aesthetics and morphological consideration about things.

A fun desk accessory, not to be taken too seriously.

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Sand Vase

Taking inspiration from the game Bou-Toshi, Japanese designer Yukihiro Kaneuchi created a series of minimal vases made of sand and resin.

The game is simple, the objective is to keep a pole up that’s been placed in a heap of sand. Each player takes turns removing sand until the pole falls. If you cause the pole to fall, you lose. With its primitive element of creation and destruction, this game has been played for centuries.

The vases resemble the heap of sand and the flowers placed in a glass tube would be the pole – time stopped with resin. The shape nears collapse, bringing a tension and delicate beauty to the flower.

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Weight Vases

Thai designer Decha Archjananun of Thinkk Studio has created Weight Vases – a collection of vases with concrete bases to hold water, and laser cut steel wire frames to support flower stems. The collection comprises various shapes and sizes to accommodate specific flower arrangements.

The vases, developed while Archjananun was studying at the University of Art and Design Lausanne, portray an interesting supportive relationship between the heaviness of the concrete base and the lightness of the wire top working together to effectively hold its natural contents.

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Couple vases

The couple vases, made of porcelain, are designed by Germany-based Christine Ruff. Ruff, who studied ceramic design after an education in ceramics decorating, sees her work at the intersection of art and craft.

However clean and neutral it is, the form play of vases attracts your eye. Reflecting their form on the opposite, a bound is created between the two vases despite their outward differences.

“For a time like ours, when people’s taste seems to return to baroque, no-frills is rather refreshing, I think”

The pairs are available in either white or black matte glaze, or black and white.

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Hedy collection

This beautiful bone china coffee cup was designed by Hannah Morrow, an English designer living in LA. The bone china is super thin – almost see-through.

The cup is part of her Hedy collection, which consists of just three items: a coffee cup, a small vase, and a medium-sized bowl. Morrow herself calls the collection:

[...] a celebration of the ceramic tradition of handmade fine bone china. It brings a beauty to each piece that is deceptively simple.

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