During a series of material brainstorms and try outs using rubber tubes, Judith van den Boom and Sharon Geschiere created a series of playful Knotted vases. The duo just so happened to be in China where they were able to quickly realize their designs in porcelain. These fluidly-formed vases are available in three sizes and colors.
Graham Johnston creates and produces a range of high quality contemporary vases. His Ness and Beauly vases not only allow the owner to display the flower heads but also the flower stems through a series of channels. The Ness vase is wall mountable and Beauly is a free standing, double-sided vase. Both the vases in the River Collection are suitable for a range of flower types working exceptionally well with fresh tulips Cala lilies. Artificial flowers can be just as effective. The water trays provided ensure that enough water reaches the flower and it easy to top up.
Amiram Biton is an Israeli designer who sent over a series of vases called “My Drop,” hand-blown glass vases inspired by droplets of water. These beautifully delicate creations reflect light and distort what’s inside, much like the real thing.
At Maison et Objet, Fabrica introduced a new collection — a continuation of their collaboration with the design gallery Secondome.
Cupcake is a series of 5 mini cake plates and domes in colored borosilicated hand blown glass. The shapes are reminiscent of the famous English cakes, covered with colored sugar. A limited and numbered collection of 90 pieces per item. Designed by Myriam B. Maguire/Fabrica.
Kai Linke presented some additions to the Blasted collection at Tendence 2010.
Blasted Side Table
Ceramic table top and spruce wood legs.
BCXSY, a cooperative between designers Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto, was invited to take part in a special project for Editions in Craft (EiC), established by Stockholm based curators Reneé Padt and Ikko Yokoyama. EiC is a production platform that invites artists, designers and traditional craftspeople to collaborate on projects seeking to explore new, more equitable strategies for the production, marketing and distribution of design and crafts products.
A+A Cooren was founded in Paris by a French-Japanese designer/couple, Aki and Arnaud Cooren in 1999. Their studio is multidisciplinary, including lighting design, product, furniture and interior design. One of their most recent projects is the Tourbillon (vortex) vase. It looks like a tornado of water suspended in time.
The vase is the results of a harmonious meeting between computer technology and French high quality craftsmanship. Available in 3 sizes, the vase is composed of two parts in borosilicate glass: the main part and a small cup which receives water. Limited edition of 21 pieces.
Photos by Joao Vieira Torres.
Thomas Kral has created this clever series of objects inspired by the red clown nose. The cork cover is connected to the ceramics container with colored elastic.
From Tithi Kutchamuch comes a new collection of glass vases with ornate silver tops that double as jewelry.
The designer says, “I love the vase, I love the flower, but it is rare that my vase has a flower in. I would rather let it live in the garden. Vase Garden is a set of glass vases holding silver flower rings. The flowers complete the vases, in the same way the ring completes the wearer. Neither would be empty again.”
I love the simplicity of Deneb, a vase plus catch-all tray designed by Guillaume Delvigne.
