Designed back in 1989 by Matteo Thun for German porcelain manufacturer Arzberg, the Fantasia tableware collection, including this striking geometric teapot, was originally unveiled at the Milan furniture fair the same year. The tableware contributed to a larger exhibition titled "Think Big", underlining the consumer need of emotion, form, and function. Every company introduced a symbolic product as prototype in oversize scale, up to 4 metres: thinking "big".

Several years a professor in ceramic design at the Vienna University of Applied Arts and creator of era-defining pieces, Matteo founded his eponymous design studio in 1983 where he would establish himself as one of his generation’s most influential voices and talents.