vase

A collection of tableware made from slab built clay featuring primitive sketches and doodles done by the designer.

Shaky is a playful, ceramic vase that's reminiscent of one of those bendy straws or a Slinky.

A piece of cardboard folds into a faceted sleeve to slip over an old bottle or glass to become a vase.

InVaso is a planter that looks like a typical clay pot, but it's made from an unusual material.

Pepe Heykoop designs products for The Tiny Miracles Foundation to help the poor in India change their situation in just a few short years.

Inspired by flower stems, Giorgio Bonaguro designed these colorful glass vases with interior "stems" that serve to hold the roots.

Spanish designer Valvanera Arrieta of Valvanera Design participated in the European Design Labs Master 2012 with Jaime Hayon at the helm and the Grid Set was her thesis project. Not only is the design dynamic, it's functional because the set contains 11 pieces that any table could use including: salt shaker, pepper shaker, oil bottle, vinegar bottle, vase, napkin and cutlery containers, trays and pitchers.

Designer David Taylor is back with a container series entitled The Brand New Heavies, where he uses rarely combined materials like tin and stoneware. The juxtaposition between the heavy, dark brown stone with the shiny, lightweight metallic qualities of the tin, somehow work and balance each other out.

Italian designer Vito Nesta was inspired by a sewing thimble when he created his latest product entitled inDITO. The now oversized object becomes a vase or planter to house your greenery indoors.

The Dot Porcelain Table is not just any side table, it's a table with a pot "growing" out of it. Designed by Marcial Ahsayane and Miriam Liebana, the tabletop is made from a single piece of porcelain with a little pot built right in to hold anything from candies, flowers, or any other decoration you want to display.

French designer Aurélie Richard created these vases from simple wood pieces woven together with yarn.

French design collective Y'A PAS LE FEU AU LAC began as a collaboration between designer FX Balléry and "tabletiers turners" Marie and Gregory Bodel where both sides brought their expertise to the table (quite literally). The resulting wood-based collection designed by a select group of handpicked designers around the world, is full of contemporary objects and housewares that are not only fun, they are completely useful.